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    Muriel Spark

    Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was the author of dozens of novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Memento Mori, A Far Cry from Kensington, The Girls of Slender Means, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, The Driver’s Seat, and many more. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.

    Muriel Spark

    Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was the author of dozens of novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Memento Mori, A Far Cry from Kensington, The Girls of Slender Means, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, The Driver’s Seat, and many more. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.

    Books by Muriel Spark

    • The Bachelors

      Muriel Spark

      Paperback, 2014

      Spark’s very British bachelors come in every stripe

    • Not to Disturb: A Novel

      Muriel Spark

      Paperback, 2010

      Household servants and accidental guests must wait out the orders of the lords of the house: not to disturb.

    • The Informed Air: Essays

      Muriel Spark, Penelope Jardine

      Paperback, 2018

      Now in paperback, here are the sparkling essays of Muriel Spark, the writer of “the best sentences in English” (The New Yorker)

    • A Good Comb: The Sayings of Muriel Spark

      Muriel Spark

      Paperback, 2018

      Celebrate the immortal Muriel Spark’s hundredth birthday by imbibing a delicious glass of her bubbly wit

    • Territorial Rights

      Muriel Spark

      Paperback, 2018

      Wheels spin within wheels in Spark’s comedy of betrayals and terrorism, set in her beloved Venice

    • The Girls of Slender Means

      Muriel Spark

      Paperback, 1998

      "Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions," begins The Girls of Slender Means, Dame Muriel Spark's tragic and rapier-witted portrait of a London ladies'...

    • Memento Mori

      Muriel Spark

      Paperback, 2021

      Poignant, hilarious, and spooky, Memento Mori addresses old age

    • Curriculum Vitae: A Volume of Autobiography

      Muriel Spark

      E Book, 2012

      Muriel Spark’s bracingly salty memoir is a no-holds-barred trip through an extraordinary writer’s life.

    • Memento Mori

      Muriel Spark

      E Book, 2000

      Poignant, hilarious, and spooky, Memento Mori addresses old age

    • Not to Disturb: A Novel

      Muriel Spark

      E Book, 2010

      Household servants and accidental guests must wait out the orders of the lords of the house: not to disturb.

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