The re-issued Barbara Pym novel, "Civil to Strangers" is a delight. Do not read it unless you like a beautifully written English comedy of manners seen from a special slant viewing a world full of ineffectual men controlled by capable and charming women. Her reputation declined during her lifetime when she could not find a publisher until she was rediscovered by Philip Larkin and Lord David Sizzle. But I expect you know all this. If you don't then you will find all her books on Amazon.
This is a work of welcome escapism from thinking about the follies of our lords and masters who are now all on holiday after their latest attempt to paper over the cracks in the eurozone. Another dismal failure. Dave and Boy George and little Cleggy are all out of the country. Does it matter? They are no good at anything except projecting images of themselves as "statesmen". They might as well stay on hols while the financial world crashes around the idiots who voted for them. Help! I am one of them. Back to sleep, perchance not to dream.
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