Muriel Spark For Starters

By Willy Maley
Click image for larger picture
This sparkling and insightful account of the world and work of Muriel Spark from pram to prime offers lessons in life from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie to The Finishing School. Get the skinny on The Girls of Slender Means, cut to the chase with Loitering with Intent, and stare straight into The Abbess of Crewe without blinking. Maley writes on Spark with nerve and verve. This critical caper aims at aiding and abetting the reader in order to send them on their way rejoicing. With Maley in the driver's seat you're in safe hands. So sit back, think of Scotland, and enjoy the ride.

This title provides an entertaining and cutting edge introduction to contemporary literature.

"Willy Maley writes with the enthusiasm of a fan and the insight of a professor. Timely and eminently readable, this short volume will be a boon for existing readers and reluctant students who don't yet know the treats Spark's work holds in store."
Louise Welsh

"Spark is a funny writer, in every sense, and Professor Maley's enjoyable study is ideally equipped to show why, bringing to her work the wit and acuteness it deserves."
Professor Randall Stevenson, University of Edinburgh

Willy Maley is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Glasgow

Title	Price	ISBN	Format
Muriel Spark For Starters, Willy Maley	£6.99	9781906220242	Paperback