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Alexander McCall Smith: IMG The Courage of Others

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havi brooks, February 2, 2007 (view all comments by havi brooks)
My favorite Pym novel. I have read it at least twenty times and could quote large sections of it to you although you'd be better off curling up with a pot of tea and reading it yourself.

Excellent Women is a delicious depiction of a fairly quiet, not especially self-aware woman who has non-adventures and shares her meandering stream of consciousness thoughts in an absolutely unintentional but enormously enjoyable and clever way. Sweet little things happen to her, the other characters are a kick in the pants and the whole book is just perfectly done.

The "modern Jane Austin" appellation both fits and doesn't, the novel is perfectly charming and thoroughly enjoyable.
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ISBN:
9780452267305
Author:
Pym, Barbara
Publisher:
Plume Books
Location:
New York, N.Y. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
England
Subject:
Single women
Subject:
Psychological fiction
Subject:
Self-esteem in women
Subject:
Psychological fiction, England
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
General Fiction
Copyright:
1978
Series Volume:
21
Publication Date:
May 1988
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Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
272
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7.62x5.24x.63 in. .49 lbs.
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