She was twenty- three and he was twenty- nine; they had met in London in the fruit section of Marks & Spencer’s, Oxford Street, less than four months ago. She had spoken first: ‘Be careful, those grapefruits look a little bruised.’ Who else could get that blend of the bizzare, the romantic and the puzzling. She's like a Barbara Pym meets Ford Maddox Ford. Or is her real competition the crime writers, to show them the real mysteries are spiritual and emotional? There is a murder in the book as well.
Symposium, Muriel Spark
Symposium, Muriel Spark
Symposium, Muriel Spark
She was twenty- three and he was twenty- nine; they had met in London in the fruit section of Marks & Spencer’s, Oxford Street, less than four months ago. She had spoken first: ‘Be careful, those grapefruits look a little bruised.’ Who else could get that blend of the bizzare, the romantic and the puzzling. She's like a Barbara Pym meets Ford Maddox Ford. Or is her real competition the crime writers, to show them the real mysteries are spiritual and emotional? There is a murder in the book as well.