# An Academic Question

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- Book: [An Academic Question](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-pym/an-academic-question) ([An Academic Question.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-pym/an-academic-question.md))
- Authors: [Barbara Pym](https://www.bookquiver.com/barbara-pym), [Jilly Bond](https://www.bookquiver.com/jilly-bond)
- Publisher: virago
- ISBN: 978-03-4901-632-0
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2022-06-02
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

INTRODUCED BY KATE SAUNDERS 'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN 'My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy' JILLY COOPER 'Beneath the gentle surfaces of her novels is a slow-building comedy, salt wit in a saline drip' NEW YORK TIMES In a provincial university town, Caro Grimstone, a dissatisfied faculty wife, becomes the unwilling accomplice to her husband Alan's ambitions. When she volunteers to read to a blind, esteemed anthropologist in a nursing home, Alan seizes the opportunity to steal his papers - research that could both advance his reputation while refuting the findings of a respected colleague. A delightful comedy of manners with a touch of mystery, An Academic Question is prime Barbara Pym territory.