{"product_id":"last-friends-von-jane-gardam","title":"Last Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'She does fiction as it should be done, with confidence and insight' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[Gardam] writes about love, death, loneliness, money, and madness with such gentle ferocity that she is often compared to Jane Austen, though a closer analogy is with Samuel Beckett. The \"Old Filth\" trilogy should be read by anyone who has ever been interested in how we become who we are' Amanda Craig, \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/i\u003e told with bristling tenderness and black humour the stories of that Titan of the Hong Kong law courts, Old Filth QC, and his clever, misunderstood wife Betty. \u003ci\u003eLast Friends, \u003c\/i\u003ethe final volume of this trilogy, picks up with Terence Veneering, Filth's great rival in work and - though it was never spoken of - in love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Veneering, Filth and their friends tell a tale of love, friendship, grace, the bittersweet experiences of a now-forgotten Empire and the disappointments and consolations of age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Her writing is immaculately elegant and this humorous, melancholic final volume establishes the trilogy as a modern classic' Kate Saunders, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780349000169\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780349000169","offer_id":48419313484101,"sku":"9780349000169","price":14.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/2547276d-7657-4fc4-a207-053d9b31e4b6.jpg?v=1780027293","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/en\/products\/last-friends-von-jane-gardam","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}