Ein wundervoller Sommerroman - Ferien auf Saltkrokan in Yorkshire London ist laut und anstrengend, die Batemans sehnen sich nach Ruhe und haben sich für den Sommer auf dem Land in Yorkshire eingemietet. Vor allem der Vater, ein nervöser...

A brilliant and witty novel about keeping the faith in extreme adversity, as it follows a family struggling to bring up a new born girl after her mother died in childbirth. From the author of "Old Filth", which sold almost 82,000 copies....

'Full of the humour and eccentricity that have made Gardam one of the most enjoyable novelists writing today'Independent on SundayOld Filth told the story of Sir Edward (Eddie) Feathers QC, aka Filth, his colonial upbringing and career,...

The flag that is shown, literally and metaphorically, by these characters is always the Union Jack. Gardam's stories are acutely observed social commentaries on Englishness, its weaknesses and its illusions. von Gardam, Jane

„Last Friends“ von Jane Gardam ist der abschließende Band der Trilogie, die mit „Old Filth“ begann. Das Buch beleuchtet das Leben und die Beziehungen einer Gruppe älterer Freunde im Ruhestand, die alle auf unterschiedliche Weise mit dem...

A new collection of short stories from the bestselling author of "Old Filth", which sold 85,000 copies. Gardam's novel "The Queen Of The Tambourine" won the Whitbread Prize. von Gardam, Jane

'A magnificent, deeply moving and compassionate portrait of an era and a sentimental education. Please read it'Daily Mail FILTH, in his heyday, was an international lawyer with a practice in the Far East. Now, only the oldest QCs and...

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, this is a reissue of the moving story of a girl's coming of age. From the author of "Old Filth". 'A meticulously observed modern classic' "Independent" von Gardam, Jane

I ought to tell you at the beginning that I am not quite normal having had a violent experience at the age of nine'Jessica Vye's 'violent experience' colours her schooldays and her reaction to the world around her- a confining world of...

God on the Rocks von Gardam, Jane

In 1904, when she was six, Polly Flint went to live with her two holy aunts at the yellow house by the marsh - so close to the sea that it seemed to toss like a ship, so isolated that she might have been marooned on an island. And there...

When Polly Flint was six she was sent to live with her two holy aunts close to the Irish Sea. For Polly the world of booksNespecially Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe"Nbecame a life saving source of emotional and intellectual nourishment....