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An Academic Question
- Narrator
- Jilly Bond
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 2 June 2022
- Run Time
- 4 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN
'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
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.
Critics Review
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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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My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy
Jilly Cooper
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She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life
ANNE TYLER
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I am a huge fan of Barbara Pym
RICHARD OSMAN
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A splendid humorous writer
John Betjeman
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A modern Jane Austen
Alexander McCall Smith
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There is a thrill of humanity through all her work
Shirley Hazzard
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Details
- Author
- Barbara Pym, Introduced by Kate Saunders
- Narrator
- Jilly Bond
- Duration
- 4 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 2 June 2022
- ISBN
- 9781405554053
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Synopsis
INTRODUCED BY KATE SAUNDERS'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN'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 TIMESIn 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.
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