A Very Private Eye
19 December 2013
Imprint: Bello
Synopsis
‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure.' Jilly Cooper
‘Could one write a book based on one’s diaries over thirty years? I certainly have enough material,’ wrote Barbara Pym. This book, selected from the diaries, notebooks and letters of this much loved novelist to form a continuous narrative,...
Details
19 December 2013
418 pages
9781447265399
Imprint: Bello
Reviews
‘The same virtues – in every sense – as her novels.’ John Bayley, Harpers & Queen
‘It increases the understanding and enjoyment of her novels enormously.’ Auberon Waugh, Daily Mail
‘The perfect complement to the fiction.’ Paul Bailey, Observer
‘Her sharp and very private eye never failed her.’ Victoria Glendinning, New York Times