{"product_id":"9781529091908","title":"An Unsuitable Attachment","description":"Author: Barbara Pym\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781529091908\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan UK\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 288\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 196mm x 129mm x 19mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOwing a debt to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Barbara Pym’s \u003ci\u003eAn Unsuitable Attachment\u003c\/i\u003e is an elegant and witty comedy of manners from an acclaimed author who Philip Larkin called ‘the most underrated novelist of the century’.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e‘I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ – Richard Osman, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Thursday Murder Club\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e‘The day comes in the life of every single man living alone when he must give a dinner party.’\u003c\/i\u003e The parish of St Basil, on the fringes of North Kensington, is all of a flutter due to the arrival of Rupert Stonebird, a most eligible bachelor, in the neighbourhood. The local matchmakers are sure he will make a suitable husband for the vicar’s wife’s sister, Penny, or perhaps for local librarian Ianthe Broome? But Ianthe is in danger of forming a most unsuitable attachment to her new library assistant, John, a man of questionable background with not a penny to his name . . . \u003cb\u003e‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure’ – Jilly Cooper, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rutshire Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45065843081374,"sku":"ADS-9781529091908","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781529091908.jpg?v=1738729343","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781529091908","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}