An Academic Question
Items couldn't be added
Sorry, we can't add the item as your basket has reached its capacity.
The title couldn't be added to your basket.
Please try again later.
Couldn't add title to Wish List
Please try again later.
‘Remove from Wish List’ failed
Please try again later.
Adding to library failed
Please try again
‘Follow podcast’ failed
‘Unfollow podcast’ failed
Get 30 days of Standard free
€6.99/mo after trial. Cancel monthly.
An Academic Question
Narrated by:
Jilly Bond
Buy Now for €11.68
-
Narrated by:
-
Jilly Bond
'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.©1986 The Estate Of Barbara Pym
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
Critics' reviews
Beneath the gentle surfaces of her novels is a slow-building comedy, salt wit in a saline drip
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)
No reviews yet