As discussed in other blog posts Birlinn are releasing all of Muriel Sparks’s novels this year on the hundreth anniversary of her birth and they sent me the first 4 for review, as well as Appointment in Arezzo, a new biography. Next up for review is Memento Mori Described by David Lodge as ‘her firstContinue reading “Review Memento Mori”
Category Archives: Muriel Spark
Book Review – Robinson by Muriel Spark
Book Two of the Year of Muriel Spark. I was sent 4 Muriel Spark books by Berlinn as part of a Year of Muriel Spark. I actually read this last year but have only just got round to reviewing it. Bound for the Azores, a plane crashes onto an isolated island somewhere in the NorthContinue reading “Book Review – Robinson by Muriel Spark”
The Comforters – A Review
As per my last blog post I was sent 4 Muriel Spark books by Berlinn as part of a Year of Muriel Spark. The Comforters is the first I’ve read. Caroline Rose is plagued by the tapping of typewriter keys and the strange, detached narration of her every thought and action. She has an unusualContinue reading “The Comforters – A Review”
A year of Muriel Spark
Back in October I reviewed ‘Appointment in Arezzo’for Polygon’s Berlinn imprint. They must have liked the review because they have sent me the first 4 of Spark’s books which they are reprinting as part of the centenary celebrations of her birth. Let me tell you – these are gorgeous editions and I feel a blogContinue reading “A year of Muriel Spark”
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