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ABACUS
Lórin Jones, an unden/alued artist, died of pneumonia contracted from snorkelling in a coid sea. Poiiy Aiter, art historian, feminist and fugitive from emotional chaos, has a mission - to wrest her from her ill-deserved obscurity and reveal for the world's judgement the fruth about Lorin Jones
'Alison Lurie's tone is unerring, no word wasted. As slyly ccx)l as Jane Austen, she subjects to pleasantly relentless examination the woman's movement, art and the deep flawS; in us all' DAILY MAIL
The ploy of wit and observation - light, glancing and deadly - is maintained on every page' OBSERVER
'Alison Lurie is, as ever, sharp and acerbic. The duplicity of human behaviour, especially in the New York art world, is devastatingly portrayed' TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEiVIENT
'Miss Lurie's skill and lightness of touch conceal a highly elaborate technique, Her book is funny and shrewd a polished example of the American comedy of manners' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'A novel both dense with...
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ABACUS
Lórin Jones, an unden/alued artist, died of pneumonia contracted from snorkelling in a coid sea. Poiiy Aiter, art historian, feminist and fugitive from emotional chaos, has a mission - to wrest her from her ill-deserved obscurity and reveal for the world's judgement the fruth about Lorin Jones
'Alison Lurie's tone is unerring, no word wasted. As slyly ccx)l as Jane Austen, she subjects to pleasantly relentless examination the woman's movement, art and the deep flawS; in us all' DAILY MAIL
The ploy of wit and observation - light, glancing and deadly - is maintained on every page' OBSERVER
'Alison Lurie is, as ever, sharp and acerbic. The duplicity of human behaviour, especially in the New York art world, is devastatingly portrayed' TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEiVIENT
'Miss Lurie's skill and lightness of touch conceal a highly elaborate technique, Her book is funny and shrewd a polished example of the American comedy of manners' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'A novel both dense with ambiguities and straightforwardly
entertaining' TLS
'Alive with wit and intelligence' SUNDAY TIMES
'Thoroughly readable' GUARDIAN
'Very funny' FINANCIAL TIMES
'Totally absorbing' TIME OUT
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