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Title: INSIDE OLD FILTH
Review: The title startled me until I read that it was "Failed In London Try Hong Kong" a title bestowed on him from his cheeky clerks, awed by his glacial aloofness. Yet, within himself Edward Feathers was always the extension of the child that had to find life without the comfort and love of parents, like the boarding school children who can never go home even on the holidays because there is no one to go home to.Passing through a series of caretaking aunts, cousins and school masters he developed a "stiff upper lip" attitude about his life and a strong sense of duty about everything he attempted, and mastered in life.Jane Gardam's story of Old Filth is intriguing and I felt a part of him all the way through.
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