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Symposium
Muriel Spark
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Description for Symposium
Paperback. Seemingly banal dinner-party chat reveals strange tales of the guests' dodgy pasts and unreliable futures. Symposium is Muriel Spark at her wicked best. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
'The greatest Scottish novelist of modern times . . . She was peerless, sparkling, inventive and intelligent - the crème de la crème.' Ian Rankin
One October evening five 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.
With an introduction by Ian Rankin.
Symposium is Muriel Spark - one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century and author ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Virago Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844082476
SKU
V9781844082476
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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 Symposium
The greatest Scottish novelist of modern times . . . She was peerless, sparkling, inventive and intelligent - the crème de la crème
Ian Rankin
Extremely clever and highly entertaining ... A young bride is seen to have been connected, apparently by chance, with a sequence of untimely deaths ... Symposium is put together like an intricate jigsaw ... Read more
Ian Rankin
Extremely clever and highly entertaining ... A young bride is seen to have been connected, apparently by chance, with a sequence of untimely deaths ... Symposium is put together like an intricate jigsaw ... Read more