{"product_id":"quartet-in-autumn","title":"Barbara Pym: Quartet In Autumn [2015] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an introduction by Alexander McCall Smith, author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eIn 1970s London, Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia work in the same office and suffer the same problem - loneliness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLovingly 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeliciously, blackly funny and full of obstinate optimism, \u003ci\u003eQuartet in Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pym, Barbara \u0026 Smith, Alexander Mccall","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44430020346146,"sku":"9781447289616","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/products\/pym-barbara-smith-alexander-mccall-quartet-in-autumn-9781447289616-40537604718882.jpg?v=1675883692","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/quartet-in-autumn","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}