00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Gardam, Jane aut Verfasser/-in London History childhood childhood memories Notable book of the year New York Times Sir career lawyer Asia Southeast Asia Filth Old Filth Hong Kong difficult difficult childhood bar Dorset widower memories biography Malaya British Empire British fate Old Filth Jane Gardam New York Europa Ed. 2013 20.Auflage Long ago, Old Filth was a Raj orphan - one of the many young children sent 'Home' from the East to be fostered and educated in England. Jane Gardam tells his story, from his birth in what was then Malaya to the extremities of his old age, as sensitive to the 'jungle' within children as she is to the eccentricities of the old. 9781933372136 9781933372136 1933372133 1933372133 eng 0 0 289 S.