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Muriel Spark

By Martin Stannard

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Muriel Spark

By Martin Stannard

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"Martin Stannard's biography of Muriel Spark-dark queen of postwar British fiction and, for me at least, one of the great writers of all time-is as astonishing as his subject. In his chronicle of her rich, adverse, and inexplicable life and work he has, like a brilliant lepidopterist, managed to catch her and pin her down while preserving her elusive genius as an artist and a woman in the twentieth century." -Jenny McPhee, author of A Man of No Moon

"Excellent . . . superbly detailed . . . , patient, affectionate, sometimes funny and . . . very intelligent. It is hard to believe that the work could have been done better." -Frank Kermode, London Review of Books

"Will undoubtedly be the standard biography of a writer with perhaps the most distinctive voice . . . in postwar British fiction." -Mark Bostridge, The Observer

"This account will not be surpassed." -Bryan Cheyette, The Independent

"Gripping, . . . rich, complex . . . well worth the wait. Witty, readable, and well researched, it is about as satisfying as a literary biography can be." -Frances Wilson, Daily Telegraph

"[Stannard's] triumph is to have produced an account that . . . revealed [Spark's] vanity and egotism so unmistakably, as well as her courage, vitality and determination." -John Carey, The Times

"Stannard is himself now a giant of his genre. . . . [He] brilliantly and sympathetically effaces the self-mythology of Spark's well-known public image . . . a gifted biographer with a fine turn of phrase." Martin McQuillan, Times Higher Education Supplement

"A wonderful blend of scholarly fact and juicy storytelling." -Katheryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday

"Exceptionally well written and lively." -Robin Baird-Smith, Tablet

"A best biography of the year." ?Nicholas Shakespeare, Daily Telegraph
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
656
Release Date:
2010-04-26
Publication Date:
2010-04-26
Publisher:
Blue Guides Limited of London
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0393051749
ISBN13:
9780393051742
Weight:
1057 g
Height:
146 cm
Width:
251 cm
Thickness:
44 cm
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