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Memento Mori – Muriel Spark
I have to confess to never having read anything previously by Muriel Spark, not having seen even the film version of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, probably her most famous novel. I picked this up in Hatchard’s recently, and am … Continue reading
Posted in 2010 New Reads, Fiction, Reviews
Tagged blackmail, death, Muriel Spark, mysterious telephone calls, old age, studies
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