Old Filth
British novelist, 1928–2025. Won the Costa Novel Award in 1991.
Old Filth is a 2004 novel by Jane Gardam. It was shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2005.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Jane Gardam
- First published
- 2004
- Length
- 272 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2005
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Empire and colonialism, Class and society, Love story
- Series
- Book 1 of The Old Filth trilogy
Is Old Filth worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture) and the Women's Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| The 100 greatest British novels (BBC Culture, 2015) | No. 71 | See the list |
| Women's Prize for Fiction (winners and shortlists) (Women's Prize Trust, 2005) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Old Filth
The edition we link to is the Abacus paperback (2014), 272 pages.
- Publisher
- Abacus (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN
- 9780349139494
How critics, prizes and readers rate Old Filth
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 17% of the points available on prize lists, against 11% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work