The Sweet Dove Died

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 Pym's too long neglected gifts have not been wrong' Financial Times

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Pym, Pym Barbara
• Publisher: Bello
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.03.2013
• EAN: 9781447238447
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-3844-7
• No. of pages: 180
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Guides; Romance, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Adult & contemporary romance, Central London, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1970 to c 1979