Press Reviews

• Anne Tyler

  Barbara Pym is the rarest of treasures

• Philip Larkin

  I'd sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen . . . The subtlest of her books - the sparkle on first acquaintance has been succeeded by the deeper brilliance of established art

• Richard Osman

  I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym

• Mavis Cheek

  [Pym] makes me smile, laugh out loud, consider my own foibles and fantasies, and above all, suffer real regret when I reach the final page. Of how many authors can you honestly say that?

• Shirley Hazzard

  There is a thrill of humanity through all her work

• Jilly Cooper

  My favourite writer . . . I pick up her books with joy, as though I were meeting an old, dear friend who comforts me, extends my vision and makes me roar with laughter

• Alexander McCall Smith

  A modern Jane Austen

• Kirkus Reviews

  Another instalment in America's exposure to the Pyro revival, which began in England in 1976 and happily arrived here in 1978 . . . Essential reading for Pym's growing readership on this side of the Atlantic