Barbara Pym – An Unsuitable Attachment – First UK Edition 1982
£85.00
A first edition, first printing of An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym, published by Macmillan, London in 1982. A near fine book without inscriptions, some spotting to the top of the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with a touch of fading to the spine.
An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym is a witty, character-driven novel set in a London parish. It follows librarian Ianthe Broome, whose romantic involvement with a younger man, John, is deemed socially inappropriate by her community. The story humorously explores themes of class, propriety and the quiet complexities of everyday life. Filled with Pym’s trademark observational humour and sharp social commentary, the novel gently critiques societal expectations while celebrating the subtleties of human relationships and longing.
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A first edition, first printing of An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym, published by Macmillan, London in 1982. A near fine book without inscriptions, some spotting to the top of the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with a touch of fading to the spine.
An Unsuitable Attachment by Barbara Pym is a witty, character-driven novel set in a London parish. It follows librarian Ianthe Broome, whose romantic involvement with a younger man, John, is deemed socially inappropriate by her community. The story humorously explores themes of class, propriety and the quiet complexities of everyday life. Filled with Pym’s trademark observational humour and sharp social commentary, the novel gently critiques societal expectations while celebrating the subtleties of human relationships and longing.
