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One October evening five posh London couples gather for a dinner party, enjoying "the pheasant (flambe in cognac as it is)" and waiting for the imminent arrival of the late-coming guest Hilda Damien, who has been unavoidably detained due to the fact that she is being murdered at this very moment Symposium was applauded by Time magazine for the "sinister elegance" of Muriel Spark's "medium of light but lethal comedy." Mixed in are a Monet, a m...

How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century, " Fleur Talbot rejoices. Loitering about London in 1949, with intent to gather material for her writing, Fleur finds a job "on the grubby edge of the literary world, " as secretary to the odd Autobiographical Association. Are they a group of mad egomaniacs, hilariously writing their memoirs in advance--or poor fools ensnared by a blackmailer? Rich material, in any case. But wh...

How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century, Fleur Talbot rejoices. Loitering about London in 1949, with intent to gather material for her writing, Fleur finds a job on the grubby edge of the literary world, as secretary to the odd Autobiographical Association. Are they a group of mad egomaniacs, hilariously writing their memoirs in advance-or poor fools ensnared by a blackmailer? Rich material, in any case. But when its...

With a new introduction by Ali Smith, who sees it as 'one of Muriel Spark's most liberating, liberated and meditative novels.

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This is Sparks witty portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II. While the young women do their best to act as if the world were back to normal, their giddy peregrinations hide some tragic war wounds.

This is Sparks witty portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II. While the young women do their best to act as if the world were back to normal, their giddy peregrinations hide some tragic war wounds.

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In late 1950s London, a group of well-off elderly who have known each other for over 50 years...

This classic work tells the darkly intriguing story of a passionate, outspoken Scottish teacher and the intense relationship she develops with her students. The cult-like reverence that she inspires leads ultimately to her downfall.

This classic work tells the darkly intriguing story of a passionate, outspoken Scottish teacher and the intense relationship she develops with her students. The cult-like reverence that she inspires leads ultimately to her downfall.

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When the firm of Meadows, Meade & Grindley hires Dougal Douglas to do human research into the private lives of its workforce, they are in no way prepared for the mayhem, mutiny, and murder he will stir up.

A winter's night, a luxurious mansion near Geneva, a lucrative scandal. The first to arrive is the secretary dressed in furs with a bundle of cash, then the Baron, and finally the Baroness. They lock themselves in the library with specific instructions not to be disturbed for any reason. Soon, shouts and screams emerge from the library, the Baron's lunatic brother starts madly howling in the attic, two of the secretary's friends are left waiti...

When the firm of Meadows, Meade & Grindley hires Dougal Douglas to do human research into the private lives of its workforce, they are in no way prepared for the mayhem, mutiny, and murder he will stir up.

January Marlow, a heroine with a Catholic outlook of the most unsentimental stripe, is one of three survivors out of twenty-nine souls when her plane crashes, blazing, on Robinson's island. Presumed dead for months, the three survivors must wait for the annual return of the pomegranate boat. Robinson, a determined loner, proves a fair if misanthropic host to his uninvited guests, he encourages January to keep a journal: as "an occupation for m...

Elderly Dame Lettie Colston receives an anonymous phone call reminding her that she must die. Soon ten of Lettie's oldest friends also become targets of Death's anonymous herald. A bizarre investigation lays bare a network of deception that binds together the group of aging eccentrics.

Elderly Dame Lettie Colston receives an anonymous phone call reminding her that she must die. Soon ten of Lettie's oldest friends also become targets of Death's anonymous herald. A bizarre investigation lays bare a network of deception that binds together the group of aging eccentrics.

In the seventy-three poems collected here Muriel Spark works in open forms as well as villanelles, rondels, epigrams, and even the tour de force of a twenty-one page ballad. She also shows herself a master of unforgettable short poems. Before attaining fame as a novelist (Memento Mori, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), Muriel Spark was already an acclaimed poet. The "power and control" of her poetry, as Publishers Weekly remarked, "is almost sta...

Spark chooses Rome, "the motherland of sensation, " for the setting of her story about movie star Annabel Christopher (known to her adoring fans as "The English Lady-Tiger"), who has made the fatal mistake of believing in her public image. This error and her embittered husband, and unsuccessful actor, catch up with her. Her final act is only the first shocking climax-further surprises await. Neatly savaging our celebrity culture, Spark rejoice...