MAN IN THE WOODEN HAT (H/C)

WRITTEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF FILTH'S WIFE, "BETTY", THIS IS A STORY WHICH WILL MAKE THE READER WEEP FOR THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES, WHILE LAUGHING ALOUD FOR THE JOY AND THE WIT. 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. SHE WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS, WHICH KILLED BOTH HER PARENTS, BUT LEFT HER WITH A LUST FOR SURVIVAL AND AN AFFINITY WITH THE FAR EAST. NO WONDER SHE IS ATTRACTED TO FILTH'S HATED RIVAL AT THE BAR - THE BRASH, FORCEFUL VENEERING. VENEERING HAS A CHINESE WIFE AND AN ADORED SON - AND NO DIFFICULTY WHATSOEVER IN DEMONSTRATING HIS EMOTIONS ...HOW ELISABETH TURNS INTO BETTY, AND WHETHER SHE REMAINS LOYAL TO STOLID FILTH OR SWEPT UP BY CADDISH VENEERING, MAKE FOR A PAGE-TURNING PLOT, IN A LOVELY NOVEL WHICH IS FULL OF SURPRISES AND REVELATIONS, AS WE