JD Salinger’s wry, subversive classic inspired novelist Joseph O’Connor to be a writer. He reflects on why this story of a disaffected teenager remains as fresh and transgressive as ever
In 1981, when…
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'I haven't got much time for family...It's not my thing' - Muriel Spark adored her cats and loved her characters. But when it came to her son, new book reveals she was nothing but cruel... ⊕⊕
Muriel Spark was one of the 20th centuries greatest writers...but a new book reveals that her complexities as a wife, mother and friend made her a full blow eccentric.
86 days ago
Katie Kitamura: ‘Almost every writer changes my mind – that’s the point of reading’ ⊖
The American author on the magic of Yasunari Kawabata, the hidden layers of Henry James and coming late to the genius of Muriel Spark
My earliest reading memory
I remember reading throughout my child…
4 months ago
Saba Sams: ‘I’ve no interest in reading Wuthering Heights again’ ⊕⊕
The Send Nudes author on rereading Lorrie Moore, finding Dodie Smith at the right time, and the enduring brilliance of Muriel Spark
My earliest reading memory
I remember reading Jacqueline Wilson aloud…
7 months ago
Converts by Melanie McDonagh review – the road to Rome Catholicism’s unlikely 20th-century resurgence ○
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 …
13 months ago
‘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…
17 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…
1 years 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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