The Comforters by Muriel Spark — this way confusion lies #throwbackthursday
The Comforters was a disappointment. Flashes of humour that wouldn’t be out of place in an Ealing comedy didn’t make up for a confusing plot.
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Muriel Spark
Books for Christmas… more please!
The only part of Little Women that struck a chord with me was Joe’s lament that ”Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without any presents”.
Read moreThe Girls of Slender Means – Muriel Spark
‘The most gifted and innovative British novelist of her generation’. (David Lodge). “One of the greatest British writers since 1945”
Read moreSunday Salon: Something old Something New
The two books I’ve been reading this past week couldn’t be more different. In one corner of the bedside table
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