Academic Question

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.