An Academic Question by Barbara Pym

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An Academic Question by Barbara Pym

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Part of Virago Modern Classics series

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*Another delightful comedy of manners from Barbara Pym.

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An Academic Question by Barbara Pym

A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory. In a provincial university town Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan's ambitions. When she volunteers as a reader to a blind, esteemed anthropologist, Alan seizes the opportunity to steal his papers - research that could both advance his reputation while refuting the findings of a respected colleague.
Beneath the gentle surfaces of her novels is a slow-building comedy, salt wit in a saline drip -- NEW YORK TIMES
My favourite writer. . I pick up her books with joy -- JILLY COOPER
She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life -- ANNE TYLER
I am a huge fan of Barbara Pym -- RICHARD OSMAN
A splendid humorous writer -- John Betjeman
A modern Jane Austen -- Alexander McCall Smith
There is a thrill of humanity through all her work -- Shirley Hazzard
Barbara Pym (1913-80) was born in Shropshire and educated at St Hilda's College, Oxford. When in 1977 the TLS asked critics to name the most underrated authors of the past 75 years, only one was named twice (by Philip Larkin and Lord David Cecil): Barbara Pym. Her novels are characterised by what Anne Tyler has called 'the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life'.
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ISBN 13 9781844087235
ISBN 10 1844087239
Title An Academic Question
Author Barbara Pym
Series Virago Modern Classics
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Binding type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 2012-05-03
Number of pages 224
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