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An Academic Question Paperback / softback

by Barbara Pym

Part of the Virago Modern Classics series

Paperback / softback

Less than 10 available - usually despatched within 48 hours

Description

A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory.

In a provincial university town Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan's ambitions.

When she volunteers as a reader to a blind, esteemed anthropologist, Alan seizes the opportunity to steal his papers - research that could both advance his reputation while refuting the findings of a respected colleague.