Best Pym Book

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Best Pym Book

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1skwoodiwis
Jul 22, 2011, 2:38 pm

I've read my first Pym book "Less Than Angels," (NOT angles - that was awful but I think I've got it fixed) and I'm currently reading "A Few Green Leaves."
I'm totally sold out - love the two I'm familiar with - so to all Pym aficionados, which is the best of her novels - what book should I read next?

2thorold
Jul 22, 2011, 3:04 pm

A lot of people are going to tell you Quartet in Autumn - they're probably right about it being her best book technically, but it's not necessarily the most enjoyable to read. Rather more serious than the others: maybe you would like to save it for later.
I'm very fond of Excellent women and Jane and Prudence, which are both from the fifties like Less than Angels. But if you want to try something a bit different, Some tame gazelle is probably the best and funniest of her early books.

3Django6924
Jul 22, 2011, 3:06 pm

They are all great. My first one, and a sentimental favorite, was Some Tame Gazelle. Of the ones I've read, I'm very partial to Excellent Women, and am looking forward to Quartet in Autumn and Crampton Hodnet, after which I will start re-reading them all.

4skwoodiwis
Jul 24, 2011, 8:49 pm

Thank-you. Perfect. I've so enjoyed the two books I've read. I knew just from experience that somewhere within her works, at least one would not necessarily be disappointing but different, maybe unnerving and I knew that Pym readers would be able to point that one out. I'll leave Quartet in Autumn until last
Thanks again -Sandy