QUARTET IN AUTUMN
by PYM, BARBARA;
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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DUNEDIN, New Zealand
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Synopsis
Quartet in Autumn is a novel by Barbara Pym, first published in 1977 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize. It was Pym's comeback novel after fifteen years of publishing rejections, following a successful record as a novelist during the 1950s and early 1960s. As a novel, it represents a departure from her earlier excursions into light comedy, being the story of four office workers on the verge of retirement.
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60543
- Title
- QUARTET IN AUTUMN
- Author
- PYM, BARBARA;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan London 1977
- Keywords
- modern first edition barbara pym
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