{"product_id":"9781035038923","title":"Quartet in Autumn","description":"Author: Barbara Pym\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781035038923\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Dec 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 192 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Spectacular’ – \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eQuartet in Autumn \u003c\/i\u003eis immeasurably her finest work of fiction’ \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e‘Barbara Pym has a sharp eye for the exact nuances of social behaviour’ \u003c\/b\u003e– \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDeliciously, blackly funny and full of obstinate optimism, \u003ci\u003eQuartet in Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic. Part of the Picador Collection, it shows Barbara Pym’s sensitive artistry at its most sparkling. Its world is both extraordinary and familiar, revealing the eccentricities of everyday life. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nIn 1970s London, Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia work in the same office and suffer the same problem – loneliness.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\nLovingly and with delightful humour, Barbara Pym conducts us through their day-to-day existence: their preoccupations, their irritations, their judgements, and – perhaps most keenly felt – their worries about having somehow missed out on life as post-war Britain shifted around them.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46677204861086,"sku":"TLD-9781035038923","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781035038923.jpg?v=1775454431","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781035038923","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}