People On Privilege Hill

''Gardam''s prose is so economical that no moment she describes is either gratuitous or wasted'' The New Yorker

It is a wet day in Dorset, and walking to a luncheon party is Sir Edward Feathers QC, followed by two elderly friends: his scruffy neighbour and sparring partner, Veneering, and Fiscal-Smith, the meanest lawyer ever to make a fortune at the Bar.

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