The third installment in the Old Filth trilogy, Last Friends will surprise and delight Gardam fans and appeal to new readers as it concludes a portrait of a marriage equal to any in the English language. Of Edward Feathers, a.k.a. Old Filth, the New York Times wrote, "he belongs in the Dickensian pantheon of memorable characters." Filth, which stands for Failed in London Try Hong Kong, is a successful barrister who has spent most of his career practicing law in Southeast Asia. He met his wife, Betty, after she was released from an internment camp at the close of World War II. The first two books in this series—Old Filth and The Man in the Wooden Hat—told the story of their life together first from Edward's perspective, and then from Betty's. Last Friends is Edward's longtime nemesis and Betty' sometime lover, Terry Veneering's turn and with its telling magnificent and deeply moving story comes to its satisfying final pages. As the Washington Post commented, these "absolutely wonderful" books give us "an astute, subtle depiction of marriage." With this third revealing view of Betty and Edward's life together the depiction is completed as readers renew their connection to this remarkable, unforgettable couple.

Jane Gardam
Jane Gardam has been twice awarded the Whitbread Prize and was also a Booker prize finalist. She is winner of the David Higham Prize, the Royal Society for Literature’s Winifred Holtby Prize, the Katherine Mansfield Prize, and the Silver Pen Award from PEN. Her novels include God on the Rocks, shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Old Filth, finalist for the Orange Prize; The Man in the Wooden Hat, finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and Last Friends, finalist for the Folio Award. She lives in the south of England near the sea. In 1999 Jane Gardam was awarded the Heywood Hill Literary Prize in recognition of a distinguished literary career.

• Feb 10 2014
  Shortlisted for the 2014 Folio Prize
  
• Oct 8 2013
  National Post: "All three Gardam books are beautifully written but it’s a pleasure to note that Last Friends, is the most enjoyable, the funniest and the most touching."
  
• Sep 5 2013
  The Independent: "Gardam's style is witty and graceful, at times reminiscent of Muriel Spark."
  
• Aug 29 2013
  Toronto Star: "...a lovely adventure."
  
• Aug 2 2013
  The Globe and Mail: "...a surpassingly luminous literary achievement."
  
• Jun 23 2013
  The Independent: "The "Old Filth" trilogy should be read by anyone who has ever been interested in how we become who we are..."