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. "There
is a thrill of humanity through all her work." -Shirley Hazzard
"Her ordinary people are written about with such detail and
kindness that we can gently revel in their idiosyncrasies and
admire their quiet but gallant moral standards." -Harper's &
Queen Barbara Pym (1913-1980) was a bestselling and award-winning
English novelist. Her first book, Some Tame Gazelle (1950),
launched her career as a writer beloved for her social comedies of
class and manners. Pym is the only author to be named twice in a
Times Literary Supplement list of "the most underrated novelists of
the century." She produced thirteen novels, the last three
published posthumously. Her 1977 novel Quartet in Autumn was
shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
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