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Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh in 1918. She married in 1937 and accompanied her husband to Africa, but soon abandoned him and their son to return to London, where she converted to Catholicism. Her first novel was published in 1957, and she went on to write more than twenty more. Her last years were spent in Italy with her companion Penelope Jardine. She died in 2002.

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Candia Mcwilliam, Muriel Spark

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When an unbridled schoolmistress with advanced ideas is in her prime the classroom can take on a new identity and no one can predict what will happen. Jean Brodie is a teacher whose unconventional ideas put her at odds with the other members of staff at the Marcia Blaine School in Edinburgh, as she endeavours to...

A Far Cry from Kensington by Ali Smith, Muriel Spark

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With a cover design by Lucienne Day When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a 'pisseur de copie', that he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgement, and as...

The Driver's Seat by John Lanchester, Muriel Spark

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Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes...