Old Filth, a historical novel by Jane Mary Gardam, OBE, is the first in a trilogy. Published in 2004 to much critical acclaim, the book centers on an elderly man looking back on his life and trying to make sense of the past. It was nominated for the 2005 Orange Prize for Fiction. Two-time-winner of the Whitbread Award, Gardam is a bestselling author of both children’s and adult novels.