I'm so glad I discovered Jane Gardam. She's a writer's writer. She knows how to develop a character through action and dialogue, all the while holding the reader's attention. I started with OLD FILTH and now found the same story from his wife Betty's point of view. Despite their gnarly personalities, these two work things through, partially because they do each choose to keep secrets from one another. Something to be said for that in this modern age of confessing everything.