An Academic Question - Virago Modern Classics (Paperback)

Beneath the gentle surfaces of her novels is a slow-building comedy, salt wit in a saline drip -- NEW YORK TIMES
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