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Summer Half

A Virago Modern Classic
  • Author
    • Angela Thirkell
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To his parents' dismay, Colin Keith - out of the noble but misplaced sense of duty peculiar to high-minded young university graduates - chooses to quit his training for the Bar and take a teaching job at Southbridge School. Little does Colin imagine that he will count among his pupils the demon in human form known as Tony Morland; or that the master's ravishing, feather-brained daughter Rose will, with her flights of fancy and many admirers, spread chaos throughout school and village. Humorous, high-spirited and cleverly observed, Summer Half is a comic delight.
  • Published: May 01 2014
  • Pages: 288
  • 197 x 133mm
  • ISBN: 9781844089697
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Press Reviews

  • Alexander McCall Smith

    Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself
  • Alexander McCall Smith

    Angela Thirkell is perhaps the most Pym-like of any twentieth-century author, after Pym herself
  • bookoxygen.com
    What sings out is the ebullience and charm of her characters, deliciously sparkling dialogue, a romping plot, her wit and gentle satire, and the escapist satisfaction of neatly tied-up happy endings