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The Sweet Dove Died
Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure’ - Jilly Cooper, author of The Thursday Murder Club
‘Life is cruel and we do terrible things to each other.’
The lives of Humphrey and James Boyce, a seasoned antique dealer and his good-looking nephew, are changed for ever when the elegant...
Details
432 pages
Imprint: Pan
Reviews
The most underrated novelist of the century . . . The subtlest of her books — the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the deeper brilliance of established artPhilip Larkin, poet and author of The Whitsun Weddings
[Pym] makes me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies and, above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final page. Of how many authors can you honestly say that?Mavis Cheek, author of Aunt Margaret's Lover
A splendid, humorous writerJohn Betjeman, Poet Laureate 1972-1984
Barbara Pym has a sharp eye for the exact nuances of social behaviourThe Times