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1	Prime of Miss Jean Brodie more books like this by Muriel Spark Miss Brodie, an eccentric teacher at a private girls' school, teaches her impressionable students much more than what is required by the curriculum: among other things, art, culture, and politics, with an emphasis on fascism. Suspected of carrying on an affair with the music master at the school, she is eventually forced to retire from teaching, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Memento Mori more books like this by Muriel Spark Muriel Spark's very funny 1959 novel is about a group of old people whose eccentricities and prejudices have been solidified by time, and who must face up to unpleasant truths when messages from a mysterious source arrive saying, "Remember you must die." MEMENTO MORI is considered by many critics to be Spark's best novel; Graham Greene claimed it ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Far Cry from Kensington more books like this by Muriel Spark In Muriel Spark's memoir-like novel, Mrs. Hawkins, now living in Italy, looks back on her life in postwar London as an overweight young widow. By day, she works for a series of shady publishing firms; by night, she becomes involved with the inhabitants of her cheesy South Kensington boarding house. She also finds herself embroiled in a strange, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.76! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Perennial Classics Edition more books like this by Muriel Spark Miss Brodie, an eccentric teacher at a private girls' school, teaches her impressionable students much more than what is required by the curriculum: among other things, art, culture, and politics, with an emphasis on fascism. Suspected of carrying on an affair with the music master at the school, she is eventually forced to retire from teaching, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.64! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Girls of Slender Means more books like this by Muriel Spark This story of a group of young women living together in a London boarding house in the years after World War II was chosen by Anthony Burgess as one of the best modern novels. Muriel Spark's THE GIRLS OF SLENDER MEANS portrays with wit and insight the difficulties of living with the wounds of war. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $7.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Finishing School more books like this by Muriel Spark In many of her short, compressed, eccentric novels, Muriel Spark has tackled the problems that accompany the writing of fiction, a theme she returns to in THE FINISHING SCHOOL. Set at an upper-crust boarding school on Lake Geneva, the novel centers on a writing class taught by Rowland Mahler, an aspiring writer himself--but one who hasn't actually ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Aiding & Abetting more books like this by Muriel Spark Two men who look alike, both claiming to be the Lord Lucan--a real person--who killed his children's nanny in 1974, show up (separately) at the office of a psychiatrist named Dr. Hildegard Wolf. They attempt to blackmail her, threatening to reveal a grim secret from her past. The questions raised are many, but among them are: Which of the men is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.22! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Symposium more books like this by Muriel Spark High comedy as only Muriel Spark can write it--witty, precise, and illuminated by moral inquiry. From a young woman who strangely attracts violent death, to delightfully mad Uncle Magnus, to the hilarious Sisters of Good Hope, the cast of characters move through the ingenious plot at dizzying speed, and readers are once again in the hands of a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Abbess of Crewe more books like this by Muriel Spark Muriel Spark's wicked satire of US politics, in particular the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Nixon, takes place in an abbey, where Alexandra, a power-hungry sub-prioress, schemes to be elected the next abbess. The cast of characters includes the Kissinger-like Sister Gertrude; Sister Felicity, the mild, McGovernesque ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Drivers Seat more books like this by Muriel Spark An enigmatic young woman named Lise, on her way to her own predestined rape and murder, orchestrates the sequence of events--choosing her killer, helping him commit the crime--in this novel termed by its author a "whydunnit." Muriel Spark has called this book her favorite of all her novels; many critics and readers have found it shocking. It was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.29! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Loitering with intent more books like this by Muriel Spark Fleur Talbot is writing a novel but she also works as secretary to Sir Quentin Oliver. Part of her job includes editing the memoirs of the 10 members of the Autobiographical Association. These two projects begin to overlap when Fleur notices that the members of the association closely resemble the characters in her novel. The dangerously ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Only Problem more books like this by Muriel Spark see all copies from $1.99! new only from $25.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Mandelbaum Gate more books like this by Muriel Spark Freddy Hamilton, a diplomat based in Israel, tries to talk Barbara Vaughan out of a trip to Jordan to see her fiancé. Barbara, a Roman Catholic who is also half-Jewish, defies Freddy and travels to Jordan. Realizing that she is in danger, Freddy goes off in search of her but suffers a two-day memory lapse. When his memory returns, he realizes that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Comforters more books like this by Muriel Spark A writer named Caroline Rose is persecuted by a "typing ghost" who is writing a story about her, even as she composes her own novel. Meanwhile, her fiancé, Lawrence Manders, discovers that his elderly grandmother has been involved in diamond-smuggling (with a bizarre crew that sent messages via carrier pigeon). THE COMFORTERS, Muriel Spark's first ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Territorial Rights more books like this by Muriel Spark see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
16	The Hothouse by the East River more books like this by Muriel Spark In Muriel Spark's 1973 novel, a married couple in New York--both ex-spies--are convinced that a Nazi agent they encountered during World War II is now working in a shoe store in the city. The novel, which has elements of fantasy as well as satire, ends with a typical Spark twist. The author herself worked briefly in intelligence during the war and ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Reality and Dreams more books like this by Muriel Spark When he is injured while directing his latest movie, Tom Richards is confined to a hospital bed, and finds that his vision of the film is being horribly, irrevocably changed by a new director. Then other parts of his life start to unravel: his daughters contemplate divorcing their spouses, his friends are losing their jobs, and gradually ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
18	Curriculum Vitae CL more books like this by Muriel Spark This is Muriel Spark's own account of the people and places--Edinburgh in the 1920s, her Jewish father, her English Presbyterian mother, and the original Jean Brodie--that inspired her work. She describes her time in Africa, a failed marriage to a much older man, and her travel back to wartime London. There she begins her writing career and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $50.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Ballad of Peckham Rye more books like this by Muriel Spark This 1960 satirical work of mock-folklore is set among the inhabitants of a working-class suburb of London. The mysterious Dougal Douglas comes to town to research a biography of a local resident--an aging actress--and becomes embroiled in the affairs of the district that ultimately end in blackmail, madness, near-murder, and a hilariously botched ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Robinson more books like this by Muriel Spark In "Robinson, " Spark's wonderful second novel, under the tropical glare and strange fogs of the tiny island, readers find a volcano, a ping-pong playing cat, a dealer in occult as well as lucky charms, flying ants, sexual tension, a disappearance, blackmail, and--perhaps--murder. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
21 view cover	Public Image more books like this by Muriel Spark This novel of manners exposes the shallowness of the modern notion of celebrity via the story of Annabel Christopher, an actress who is also believed by her adoring public to be an ideal wife in a perfect marriage. In reality, the marriage is a sham, and her husband Frederick, jealous of Annabel's success, commits suicide in a manner explicitly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.57! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The bachelors more books like this by Muriel Spark A demonic spiritualist seeks his physical release in murder while he conducts séances. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.36! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Spark: Stories more books like this by Muriel Spark Witty, fiendish, and penetrating stories from the modern British master of short stories, ranging from 1950 to 1985. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Child of Light Mary Shelley more books like this by Muriel Spark In this engrossing biography, acclaimed novelist Spark recreates Shelley's turbulent life and career and persuasively defends the enigmatic writer's place among the giants of literary history. 9 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| SVS
25	The Takeover more books like this by Muriel Spark see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions

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