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A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark; William Boyd (Introduction by); Alan Taylor (Series edited by)
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: The\Collected Muriel Spark Novels Ser.
'Mercurially funny, playful and mischievous' Ali Smith 'I was in heaven reading this book. I think she writes like an angel . . . just blissful' Stephen Fry A novel of 'pure delight' (Claire Tomalin) by the author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he 'urinates f ...Show more
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
$39.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: VMC Designer Collection
With a cover design by Lucienne Day When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a 'pisseur de copie', that he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgem ...Show more
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark
$29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction
When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a 'pisseur de copie', that he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgement, and as a consequence, loses not ...Show more
Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark
$24.95 NZD
Category: Fiction
It is 25 years after Lord Lucan's mysterious disappearance in the wake of the vicious murder of his children's nanny. The celebrated psychiatrist Dr Hildegard Wolf is approached in her Paris consulting rooms by not one, but two men, both claiming tobe Lucan. Dr Wolf is intrigued. Which, if either, of th ...Show more
Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
$24.95 NZD
Category: No Category
Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark. In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on the telephone informs each, "Remember you must die." Their geriatr ...Show more
Memento Mori: A Virago Modern Classic by Muriel Spark
$24.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark. In late 1950s London, a group of aging eccentrics is brought together by a series of uncanny events. Lettie Colston is the first to receive an anonymous phone call ...Show more
Memento Mori (Penguin Decades) by Muriel Spark
$29.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Decades
"Penguin Decades" bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of ...Show more
Pitch Dark by Renata Adler; Guy Trebay (Contribution by); Muriel Spark (Afterword by)
$32.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: NYRB Classics Ser.
"Pitch Dark, Renata Adler's follow up to her prize winning book Speedboat, is a book of questions. It is also a book of false starts, red herrings, misunderstandings, and all-too-fleeting revelations. Kate Ennis is poised at a critical moment in her affair with a married lover, and moments (conversation ...Show more
Symposium by Muriel Spark
$0.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
'This is the story of a dinner party, a knot of people with pasts and connections which at first seem few but are later found to be many ...The prevailing mood is urbane: the wine is poured, the talk continues, and all the time the ice on which the protagonists' world rests is being thinned from beneath ...Show more
The Ballad of Peckham Rye by Muriel Spark
$28.00 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit, Dougal Douglas is employed to revitalize the ailing firm of Meadows, Meade & Grindley. Strange things begin to happen as Dougal exerts an uncanny influence on the inhabitants of Peckham Rye and brings lies, tears, blackmail and even murder into the li ...Show more
The Comforters by Muriel Spark
$29.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
In Muriel Spark's fantastic first novel, the only things that aren't ambiguous are her matchless originality and glittering wit. Caroline Rose is plagued by the tapping of typewriter keys and the strange, detached narration of her every thought and action. She has an unusual problem - she realises she i ...Show more
The Complete Short Stories of Muriel Spark by Muriel Spark; Janice Galloway (Introduction by)
$27.99 NZD
Category: Fiction | Series: Canons Ser.
From the cruel irony of 'A member of the Family' to the fateful echoes of 'The Go-Away Bird' and the unexpectedly sinister 'The Girl I Left Behind Me', in settings that range from South Africa to the Portobello Road, Muriel Spark probes the idiosyncrasies that lurk beneath the veneer of human respectabi ...Show more