The Sweet Dove Died

The Sweet Dove Died by Barbara Pym. mass_market edition. ISBN: 9780060805111.

Between the amorous antique dealer Humphrey and his good-looking nephew James glides the magnificent Leonora, delicate as porcelain, cool as ice. Can she keep James in her thrall? Or will he be taken from her by a lover, like Phoebe ...or Ned, the wicked American? A highly distinctive and - ultimately - charitable novel - "Financial Times". Faultless - "Guardian". Her Characters are all meticulously impaled on the delicate pins of a wit that is as scrupulous as it is deadly - "Observer". A coldly funny book - "Sunday Telegraph". Highly distinctive ...the critics who have recently insisted on Miss Pyms too long neglected gifts have not been wrong - "Financial Times".