EAN: 9780349016320

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INTRODUCED BY KATE SAUNDERS 'I am a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN In a provincial university town Caro Grimstone a dissatisfied faculty wife becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan's ambitions. When she volunteers to read to a blind esteemed anthropologist in a nursing home Alan seizes the opportunity to steal his papers - research that could both advance his reputation while refuting the findings of a respected colleague. A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory. 'She is the rarest of treasures she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' ANNE TYLER 'My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy' JILLY COOPER 'Beneath the gentle surfaces of her novels is a slow-building comedy salt wit in a saline drip' NEW YORK TIMES

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