This classic novel holds the mirror up to human nature and the battle between the sexes as it explores the love lives of a group of anthropologists Catherine Oliphant writes for women's magazines and lives comfortably with anthropologist Tom Mallow--although she's starting to wonder if they'll ever get married. Then Tom drops his bombshell: He's leaving her for nineteen-year-old student Deirdre Swan. Though stunned by Tom's betrayal, Catherine quickly becomes fascinated by another anthropologist, Alaric Lydgate, a ...
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This classic novel holds the mirror up to human nature and the battle between the sexes as it explores the love lives of a group of anthropologists Catherine Oliphant writes for women's magazines and lives comfortably with anthropologist Tom Mallow--although she's starting to wonder if they'll ever get married. Then Tom drops his bombshell: He's leaving her for nineteen-year-old student Deirdre Swan. Though stunned by Tom's betrayal, Catherine quickly becomes fascinated by another anthropologist, Alaric Lydgate, a reclusive eccentric recently returned from Africa. As Catherine starts to weigh her options she gradually realizes who she is and what she really wants. With its lively cast of characters, Less Than Angels is an incisive social satire that opens a window onto the insular world of academia. It's also a poignant and playful riff on the messy mating habits of humans and the traits that separate us from our anthropological forebears--far fewer than we may imagine.
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If you like your characters deftly drawn where layers emerge like the dawn revealing the world, full of tone and flesh; if you like your dialogue witty but real; and if you like plots that you can hear and feel and walk around in, then pick up this gem from Barbara Pym and immerse yourself.
There are no body counts, no colourless characters, and no ex-military protagonists leaping from page to page and from spiralling aircraft to run away train. She doesn't need them, and neither will you.
This is solid thoughtful writing, with a strong narrative and populated by people you know. And as you finish this book, you'll get the feeling someone is winking at you. Enjoy.
