Filth (Failed In London Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the War. Reserved, immaculate and courteous, Filth finds it hard to demonstrate his emotions. But Elisabeth is different - a free spirit.Another masterpiece from Jane Gardam, The Man in the Wooden Hat a companion volume to the bestselling Old Filth, is written from the perspective of Filth’s wife, Betty. It is a story that will make the reader both weep and laugh aloud, for the joy and the wit.