{"product_id":"civil-to-strangers","title":"Civil To Strangers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCED BY HAZEL HOLT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym'' Richard Osman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I''d sooner read a new Barbara Pym than a new Jane Austen'' Philip Larkin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Barbara Pym died in 1980, she left a considerable amount of unpublished material. This volume contains an early novel, \u003ci\u003eCivil to Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, three novellas and an autobiographical essay, ''Finding a Voice'', Pym''s only written comment on her writing career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCivil to Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e, the lives of a young couple, Cassandra Marsh-Gibbon and her self-absorbed writer husband Adam, are thrown into upheaval when a mysterious Hungarian arrives in their village.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A sublime social comedy . . . It exists inside the Pym Eden of safety, silliness and a kind of subdued hilarity. Look out for one of her best curates - the starchy, spinster-dodging Mr Paladin - and a typically deliciously insensitive vicar'' KATE SAUNDERS, THE TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brilliant, hilarious, poignant and so very, very English'' TIME\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314361311614,"sku":"NW9780349016146","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349016146.jpg?v=1778650097","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/civil-to-strangers","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}