The Bachelors by Muriel Spark

The Bachelors by Muriel Spark

A barrister, a priest, a detective, a lovelorn Irishman, a handwriting expert, a heinous spiritual medium . the very British bachelors of Muriel Spark's supreme 1960 novel come in every stripe. First found contentedly chatting in their London clubs and shopping at Fortnum's, the cozy bachelors are not set to stay cozy for long. Soon enough, the men are variously tormented--defrauded, stolen from, blackmailed, or pressed to attend horrid seances--and then plunged, all together, into the nastiest of lawsuits. At the center of that suit hovers pale, blank Patrick Seton, the medium. Meanwhile, horrors of every size plague the poor bachelors--from epileptic fits to forgeries, spiritualists foaming with protoplasm, and murder--and each horror delights, lit up by Spark's uncanny wit, at once malicious, funny, and deadly serious.

'As I entered my teens, I developed a taste for more arch, snappy writing and discovered the joys of Muriel SparkWisdom and wit — ideal for an impressionable youth finding his way in the world'

-- Julian Clary * Daily Mail *

Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh in 1918. A poet, essayist, biographer and novelist, she won much international praise, including being twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Times placed her eighth in its list of the Fifty Greatest British Writers Since 1945. She died in Tuscany in 2006.

James Campbell was born in Glasgow in 1951 and educated at the University of Edinburgh. He is a former editor of the New Edinburgh Review, writes for the Times Literary Supplement and the Guardian, and is the author of several books including This Is the Beat Generation and Syncopation.

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ISBN 13	9781846974298
ISBN 10	1846974291
Title	The Bachelors
Author	Muriel Spark
Series	The Collected Muriel Spark Novels
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Birlinn General
Year published	2018-02-08
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.