Muriel Spark
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A Typing Ghost…
The Comforters, by Muriel Spark, is probably the only novel to feature a talking typewriter. It ‘belongs’ to Caroline Rose, who is writing a book about the 20th century novel – Form in the Modern Novel, we are told. But… Continue reading
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Spellbound by a Sparkling Story!
Happy New Year people! I’m still here – I haven’t gone anywhere, and I certainly haven’t given up blogging. But I cannot believe I haven’t posted anything since the middle of November, and I haven’t really got much of an… Continue reading
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A Spark Without Sparkle
Well, Muriel Spark Reading Week is over, and it seems the only novel unread and unblogged (which may not be a word, but never mind) is The Mandelbaum Gate, which I did actually pick up at the beginning of the… Continue reading
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Meet The Girls of Slender Means
I did have an older edition of this,but I cannot find it, so when I found thiscopy in a charity shop, I bought itbecause I like the cover illustration,which is by Leo Duff. Welcome to the May of Teck Club,… Continue reading
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A Devilish Visit to Peckham Rye
The photo on the front of my 1966 Penguin edition of The Ballad of Peckham Rye is by Robert Croxford. Dougal Douglas was born with horns on his head, like a goat, but they fell off in a fight – or maybe… Continue reading
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