Famous authors · 20th century
Muriel Spark
1918 to 2006 · Scottish · Literary fiction, Satire
What sets their writing apart: Study Spark for economy and control: short, sharp novels, cool narration and flash-forwards that fix a reader's dread. A model for compression and structural nerve.
Notable works
- The Comforters (1957)
- Memento Mori (1959)
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961)
- The Girls of Slender Means (1963)
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