Quartet in Autumn: Picador Classic

In 1970s London Edwin Norman Letty and Marcia work in the same office and suffer the same problem - loneliness. With delightful humour Pym takes us through their day-to-day existence: their preoccupations their irritations their judgements; and perhaps most keenly felt their worries about having somehow missed out on life as post-war Britain shifted around them. Deliciously blackly funny and full of obstinate optimism Quartet in Autumn shows Barbara Pym's sensitive artistry at its most sparkling. A classic from one of Britain's most loved and highly acclaimed novelists its world is both extraordinary and familiar revealing the eccentricities of everyday life.