{"product_id":"last-friends","title":"Last Friends","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Gardam is an exquisite storyteller, picking up threads, laying them down, returning to them and giving them new meaning.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Gardam's highly praised trilogy that began with \u003cem\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/em\u003e, continued with \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/em\u003e, and concludes with this book tells the story of a decades-long marriage stretching from the immediate post-World War II period to the early years of the twenty-first century. \u003cem\u003eOld Filth\u003c\/em\u003e was the story of Sir Edward Feathers-so clever, so triumphantly his own man, so wounded by his dreadful childhood. \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the Wooden Hat\u003c\/em\u003e was his wife Betty's story, in which the difference between marriage and romance is weighed with great subtly and understanding. In \u003cem\u003eLast Friends\u003c\/em\u003e it is Terence Veneering's turn. Filth's hated rival in court, Veneering has escaped both his unconventional upbringing and the war and later emerges in the Far East as a brilliant, handsome man of panache and fame. \u003cem\u003eLast Friends\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable novel that brings a magnificent trilogy to an end with the deep satisfaction that only great literature provides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I don't know why Gardam isn't universally celebrated and beloved. Her prose is dazzling, and she writes with a kind \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof subdued but wicked humor.\" Lauren Groff, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Vaster Wilds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Europa Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54347790811502,"sku":"9781609450939","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/1007\/0382\/files\/imageloader_e0191e09-8205-4492-89fe-cb64f366adda.jpg?v=1784336403","url":"https:\/\/tenderbuttonsbooks.com\/products\/last-friends","provider":"Tender Buttons Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}