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Excellent Women

'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' Richard Osman
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    • Barbara Pym
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INTRODUCED BY ALEXANDER McCALL SMITH

'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN

Mildred Lathbury is one of those excellent women who are often taken for granted. She is a godsend, 'capable of dealing with most of the stock situations or even the great moments of life - birth, marriage, death, the successful jumble sale, the garden fête spoilt by bad weather'. Her glamorous new neighbours, the Napiers, seem to be facing a marital crisis. One cannot take sides in these matters, though it is tricky, especially as Mildred has a soft spot for dashing young Rockingham Napier. This is Barbara Pym's world at its funniest and most touching.

'One of the most endearingly amusing English novels of the twentieth century' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH

'Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life' ANNE TYLER

'Not only was Pym a comic genius but she was ever so wise' THE TIMES

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  • Published: Jul 03 2008
  • 138 x 201mm
  • ISBN: 9781844085262
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Press Reviews

  • Lord David Cecil

    One of the finest examples of high comedy
  • Marghanita Laski

    Observer
    I don't think I've ever before recommended a novel as one that everybody will enjoy and yet - even with a certain assurance - I'm prepared to vouch for Excellent Women
  • Jilly Cooper

    I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old, dear friend who comforts me, extends my vision and makes me roar with laughter
  • Richard Osman

    Guardian
    I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym
  • The Times
    Why shouldn't the lives of cardigan-wearing spinsters and fussy confirmed bachelors be the engines of some of the finest comic writing in English? Not only was Pym a comic genius but she was ever so wise
  • Anne Tyler

    Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the heartbreaking silliness of everyday life
  • Alexander McCall Smith

    One of the most endearingly amusing English novels of the twentieth century