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Title: The Bachelors (New Directions Classics,) by Muriel Spark ISBN: 0-8112-1424-9 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Perfect Balance
Comment: Muriel Spark is deliciously witty and writes with a lively charm. This does not prevent her from having an extraordinary talent for portraying the monstrously abnormal--to be precise, the diabolical. THE DRIVER'S SEAT, for instance, is overwhelmed by this malevolence--it is an excellent nightmare, but has only small moments of the Spark charm.
THE BACHELORS has a lot of both--the "medium" Patrick is one of Spark's most chilling portraits of evil. The scheming Spiritualists resemble more typical Spark "villains" (like the literary circle in LOITERING WITH INTENT), but are perhaps even more harmless in and of themselves. However, unwittingly they touch on something far grimmer--Spark demolishes the Spiritualists by showing that the only thing worse than their nonsense is when they stumble upon something genuine.
The "good" bachelors' interactions with this group provide an entertaining and equally true view of things, preventing the chill from permeating the book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wickedly Funny, As Is The Norm For Ms. Spark
Comment: Forgetting that I read this book some years ago, I recently picked up the new edition. Expecting to page through innocently and put the book back on the shelf, I suddenly found myself drawn into this devilish and absorbing tale about spiritual mediums, forgery, betrayal and yes, bachelors. Spark turns her marvelous eye on that group of men who want girls for companionship, but not marriage. This is a sly and yet poignant look at a group of intelligent, but not very bright Londoners circa 1960. I recommend it without reservation.
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Title: Aiding and Abetting : A Novel by Muriel Spark ISBN: 0385720904 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 12 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark ISBN: 0811214575 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark ISBN: 081121379X Publisher: New Directions Publishing Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark ISBN: 0811214745 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Abbess of Crewe: A Modern Morality Tale by Muriel Spark ISBN: 0811212963 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
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