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All the Stories of Muriel Spark Muriel Spark
Publisher: New Directions

Some were much better than others and there were only a couple that I really liked. As she is drawn into the association and gets to know its members, all captivated by the mesmerizing Sir Quentin and easily cowed by his judgements, it does not take long for her to notice the eerie parallels between her Spark is not a simple author and the real benefit from her books comes in the days and weeks after you've closed the cover, when you're left remembering a certain character or wondering if there was more to the story than you'd originally thought. Martine Frampton | April 25, 2012 at 12:47 pm. But Sir Quentin Oliver, head of the society, coddles them and coaches them through Loitering with Intent, by Muriel Spark”. Loved the sound of this:-) I can see by the end of the week I am going to have to set myself a Muriel Spark complete works challenge since they all sound worth reading. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. I haven't read a Muriel Spark book for years but you've really whetted my appetite for further reading. Muriel Spark, who died in 2006, is a hugely celebrated and important British author. I was a bit disappointed that these were not all stories about ghosts when they were billed as thus. The Girl I Left Behind Me is the one that I believe I have read before. I think Penguin reissued some stories by Spark recently. It would be great if between us all we manage to cover all 22 of Spark's novels. In a nutshell: Miss Jean Brodie is a charismatic teacher of Juniors at an all-girls' school in Edinburgh. Long Song · : The Persephone Book of Short Stories . Review: The Ballad of Peckham Rye, by Muriel Spark. I might see if the library has her Complete Short Stories! Catholicism plays a big role in the majority of Muriel Spark's fiction, and this is no more so the case than in her 1960 novel The Ballad of Peckham Rye. The society's clients are a band of misfits and unknowns, and it's hard to imagine anyone would be interested in their life stories. A small book, The Ghost Stories of Muriel Spark has eight short stories of the paranormal and supernatural. The ones about ghosts were better than the ones not.