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This volume includes an early novel and three novellas, which were discovered and published after Barbara Pym's death in 1980.

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I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym -- Richard Osman
I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen -- Philip Larkin
A sublime social comedy . . . It exists inside the Pym Eden of safety, silliness and a kind of subdued hilarity. Look out for one of her best curates - the starchy, spinster-dodging Mr Paladin - and a typically deliciously insensitive vicar -- KATE SAUNDERS * THE TIMES *
Brilliant, hilarious, poignant and so very, very English * TIME *
Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life -- ANNE TYLER

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    A Paperback / softback by Barbara Pym, Hazel Holt

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/06/2022
      ISBN13: 9780349016146, 978-0349016146
      ISBN10: 0349016143
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume includes an early novel and three novellas, which were discovered and published after Barbara Pym's death in 1980.

      Trade Review
      I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym -- Richard Osman
      I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen -- Philip Larkin
      A sublime social comedy . . . It exists inside the Pym Eden of safety, silliness and a kind of subdued hilarity. Look out for one of her best curates - the starchy, spinster-dodging Mr Paladin - and a typically deliciously insensitive vicar -- KATE SAUNDERS * THE TIMES *
      Brilliant, hilarious, poignant and so very, very English * TIME *
      Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life -- ANNE TYLER

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