A thought-provoking examination of the literary stars who became Catholic – from Evelyn Waugh to Muriel Spark
In the five decades between 1910 and 1960, more than half a million people in England and …
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‘Odd things happened when she was around’: the unnerving vision of Muriel Spark ○
From blackmail to burglary, the events of Spark’s life often uncannily echoed those of her novels – no wonder the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie believed she could predict the future
“There i…
Electric Spark by Frances Wilson review – the mercurial Muriel Spark ○
A canny biography of the early career of this strange, brilliant novelist
Muriel Spark, born Muriel Sarah Camberg, was nothing if not protean. Her gravestone declares her a poet; posterity knows her a…
12 months ago
This Beautiful, Ridiculous City review – New York state of mind ○
Kay Sohini’s account of leaving Kolkata and sadness behind to build a life in the Big Apple is a stirring tribute to the place that saved her
I find it hard to resist books about young women from smal…
14 months ago
Kate McKinnon: ‘Watching Succession made me return to King Lear’ ○
The SNL star and children’s author on finding inspiration in Roald Dahl, coming late to Muriel Spark, and taking comfort in Yuval Noah Harari
My earliest reading memory
I loved The Berenstain Bears …
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