Civil to Strangers

by Barbara Pym

Book Overview

Thanks to his wife's money, Adam Marsh-Gibbon leads a charmed life writing poetry and novels celebrated mostly by his fellow residents in the town of Up Callow in Shropshire, England. His lovely wife... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452261384
• ISBN13: 9780452261389
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Barbara Pym's greatest fan

Barbara Pym is one of my very favorite authors, and this was the only work of hers I had not yet read. Although the spy story was a bit clunky, all the rest was a great pleasure to read, particularly when encountering characters from other stories or novels. Like Jane Austen, to whom Pym is so often compared, the only disappointment arises from the fact that there is no more to read. I've probably read each Pym novel at least three times, and in some cases even more than that. An insightful, comforting, and enjoyable read.