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The Comforters
Muriel Spark
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Description for The Comforters
Paperback. Muriel Spark's stunning debut novel Series: VMC. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 123 x 15. Weight in Grams: 148.
'The greatest Scottish novelist of modern times.' Ian Rankin
In this first novel by Muriel Spark - author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - the only things that aren't ambiguous are Spark's matchless originality and glittering wit.
With an introduction by Ali Smith.
Caroline Rose is plagued by the tapping of typewriter keys and the strange, detached narration of her every thought and action. She has an unusual problem - she realises she is in a novel. Her fellow characters are also possibly deluded: Laurence, her former lover, finds diamonds in a loaf of bread ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844085538
SKU
V9781844085538
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About Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark, D.B.E, C. Litt, was born in Edinburgh in 1918. A poet and novelist, she also wrote children's books, radio plays, a comedy, 'Doctors of Philosophy', first performed in London in 1962, and biographies. She is best known for her stories and many successful novels, including Memento Mori, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Loitering With Intent, The Comforters, ... Read more
Reviews for The Comforters
That this light, clever, mirthful tour de force was a first novel is astounding. It ends with its own genesis, neatly, like a good joke. As vibrant as ever, more than 50 years after its first appearance, it still knocks the stuffing out of the realist tradition, and probably always will
Ali Smith Brilliantly original and fascinating
Evelyn ... Read more
Ali Smith Brilliantly original and fascinating
Evelyn ... Read more