{"product_id":"less-than-angels","title":"Less Than Angels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eINTRODUCED BY SALLEY VICKERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I'm a huge fan of Barbara Pym' RICHARD OSMAN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'She is the rarest of treasures; she reminds us of the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eheart-breaking\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003esilliness of everyday life' ANNE TYLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Catherine Oliphant is a writer and lives with handsome anthropologist Tom Mallow. Their relationship runs into trouble when he begins a romance with student Deirdre Swann, so Catherine turns her attention to the reclusive anthropologist Alaric Lydgate, who has a fondness for wearing African masks. Added to this love tangle are the activities of Deirdre's fellow students and their attempts to win the competition for a research grant.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The course of true love or academia never did run smooth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Her best [novels] are sheer delight, and all of them companionable. Quiet, paradoxical, funny and sad, they have the iron in them of permanence too' JOHN UPDIKE, NEW YORKER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'She can be seriously, hilariously funny - no other novelist has celebrated our national silliness with such exuberance' KATE SAUNDERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Less Than Angels","offer_id":46302860345541,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-349-01611-5.jpg?v=1780459779","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/less-than-angels","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}