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An Academic Question

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3rd May 2012

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781844087235

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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.

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Alexander McCall Smith
A modern Jane Austen
RICHARD OSMAN
I am a huge fan of Barbara Pym
John Betjeman
A splendid humorous writer
Shirley Hazzard
There is a thrill of humanity through all her work
NEW YORK TIMES
Beneath the gentle surfaces of her novels is a slow-building comedy, salt wit in a saline drip
JILLY COOPER
My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy
ANNE TYLER
She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life