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Like a cat loves a bird : the nine lives of Muriel Spark
Bailey, James (Writer of British women short story writers)2026
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Muriel Spark was one of literature's great shapeshifters. That mercurial quality is found in her strange, brilliant, cruel novels - with their plots featuring pensioners receiving telephone calls from Death, the devil going clubbing in Peckham and a fascist schoolmistress leading her coterie of girls astray - but it is also true of her as a person. As sly, nimble and elegant as Spark's own work, this book is a thrilling new perspective on a remarkable life and career that spanned much of the twentieth century. From her childhood in Edinburgh to her final years in Tuscany - via South Africa, London, New York and Rome - it traces a light-footed journey around the world and through her strange and magnificent bibliography. It tells an irresistible story of transformation, wit and fierce determination and makes a passionate case for this vital modern artist.
Main title:
Like a cat loves a bird : the nine lives of Muriel Spark / James Bailey.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2026.
Collation:
310 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781399742528 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.914920 SPAB/SPARB SPA
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
9080806
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castelnau Library | Adult non-fiction | B SPALives | Available |
| Richmond Lending Library | Adult non-fiction | B SPALives | Onloan - Due: 01 May 2026 |
| Teddington Library | Adult non-fiction | B SPALives | Onloan - Due: 02 May 2026 |