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The heroine goes willingly to her own murder, from sheer nihilist perversity or desire for control. Muriel spark 19182006 was born in edinburgh, scotland. The finishing school is a very light entertainment, a cheerful, almost fluffy novella. Now available as a stunning canona work of glittering sparkian ice, whose thinly frozen surface tempts you to jump up and down jovially above something deeper and darker ali smith. Like much of her late work, the finishing school looks back but also suggests many new directions. Muriel spark s 22nd novel, the finishing school, opens with a discussion about how to write fiction. In the finishing school muriel spark is once again at her biting, satirical best. The first edition of the novel was published in 1961, and was written by muriel spark.
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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 150 pages and is available in paperback format. I have read quite a few of sparks books to date, but the finishing school is one of those outstanding which i have had my eye on for quite a while. My university held a twoday conference to mark muriel spark s centenary in early february, and it seemed rude not to buy a book whilst i was volunteering. Dame muriel spark was born on the 1st of february 1918. Since its publication in 1961 the prime of miss jean brodie has become muriel sparks signature novel. A swift, blithe comedy of sexual and creative jealousy plays out on the grounds of a dubious finishing school in dame sparks gem of a novel.
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