About the book: 2016 / Eccentric morals of educated rakes and pretty young ladies, funny situations, bright characters - in an elegant novel full of subtle, truly British humor by Barbara Pym! Who said that anthropologists do nothing but travel around exotic countries, doing long and difficult excavations, sometimes putting their own lives in danger? They regularly attend social parties, belong to prestigious clubs, and drive fancy cars. And also - who would have thought - they go after pretty students with all their might and desperately intrigue, fighting for substantial funds for expeditions and writing very important works. But since they spend quite a lot of time in the company of beauties, literally “fossils”, relationships with quite living and their cheerful friends are so complex that it’s hard to even describe…