{"product_id":"quartet-in-autumn-barbara-pym-9781035038923","title":"Quartet in Autumn","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Spectacular' -  The Sunday Times\n\u003cbr\u003e'Quartet in Autumn is immeasurably her finest work of fiction' - Evening Standard\n\u003cbr\u003e'Barbara Pym has a sharp eye for the exact nuances of social behaviour' - The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeliciously, blackly funny and full of obstinate optimism, Quartet in Autumn is a classic.  Part of the Picador Collection, it shows Barbara Pym's sensitive artistry at its most sparkling. Its world is both extraordinary and familiar, revealing the eccentricities of everyday life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1970s London, Edwin, Norman, Letty and Marcia work in the same office and suffer the same problem - loneliness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barbara Pym","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46503078068467,"sku":"9781035038923","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781035038923.jpg?v=1733425962","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/quartet-in-autumn-barbara-pym-9781035038923","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}