A Very Private Eye

‘Barbara Pym is one of my most favourite novelists. Few other writers have given me more laughter and more pleasure’ - Jilly Cooper

‘I''m a huge fan of Barbara Pym’ - Richard Osman

‘Could one write a book based on one’s diaries over thirty years? I certainly have enough material,’ wrote
Barbara Pym. This book, selected from the diaries, notebooks and letters of this much-loved novelist to form a continuous narrative, is indeed a unique autobiography, providing a privileged insight into a write...