Symposium by Muriel Spark (English) Paperback Book

Description: Symposium by Muriel Spark, Ian Rankin Seemingly banal dinner-party chat reveals strange tales of the guests dodgy pasts and unreliable futures. Symposium is Muriel Spark at her wicked best. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This is the story of a dinner party, a knot of people with pasts and connections which at first seem few but are later found to be many ... The prevailing mood is urbane: the wine is poured, the talk continues, and all the time the ice on which the protagonists world rests is being thinned from beneath by boiling emotions and ugly motives ... No living writer handles the tension between formality of expression and the subversiveness of thought more elegantly Candia McWilliam, Independent on Sunday Notes Seemingly banal dinner-party chat reveals strange tales of the guests dodgy pasts and unreliable futures. Author Biography Born in Edinburgh, Muriel Spark was internationally famous and received the Italia Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the FNAC Prix Etranger and the Saltire Prize, among many others. She was elected an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1978 and to LOrdre des Arts et des Lettres in France in 1988. She died in April 2006. Review This is the story of a dinner party, a knot of people with pasts and connections which at first seem few but are later found to be many ... The prevailing mood is urbane: the wine is poured, the talk continues, and all the time the ice on which the protagonist s world rests is being thinned from beneath by boiling emotions and ugly motives ... No living writer handles the tension between formality of expression and the subversiveness of thought more elegantly - Candia McWilliam, Independent on SundayStiletto-sharp fiction...as in the bitter confections of Ivy Compton-Burnett, it is the dialogue that propels this dangerous, devilish book - Alan Taylor, Scotland on SundayExtremely clever and highly entertaining ... A young bride is seen to have been connected, apparently by chance, with a sequence of untimely deaths ... Symposium is put together like an intricate jigsaw puzzle - Penelope LivelyThe greatest Scottish novelist of modern times . . . She was peerless, sparkling, inventive and intelligent - the cr?me de la cr?me - Ian RankinThis is the story of a dinner party, a knot of people with pasts and connections which at first seem few but are later found to be many ... The prevailing mood is urbane: the wine is poured, the talk continues, and all the time the ice on which the protagonist s world rests is being thinned from beneath by boiling emotions and ugly motives ... No living writer handles the tension between formality of expression and the subversiveness of thought more elegantly - Candia McWilliam, Independent on SundayStiletto-sharp fiction...as in the bitter confections of Ivy Compton-Burnett, it is the dialogue that propels this dangerous, devilish book - Alan Taylor, Scotland on SundayExtremely clever and highly entertaining ... A young bride is seen to have been connected, apparently by chance, with a sequence of untimely deaths ... Symposium is put together like an intricate jigsaw puzzle - Penelope LivelyThe greatest Scottish novelist of modern times . . . She was peerless, sparkling, inventive and intelligent - the cr?me de la cr?me - Ian Rankin Promotional * Review coverage * Featured on the Virago website Long Description This is the story of a dinner party, a knot of people with pasts and connections which at first seem few but are later found to be many ... The prevailing mood is urbane: the wine is poured, the talk continues, and all the time the ice on which the protagonists world rests is being thinned from beneath by boiling emotions and ugly motives ... No living writer handles the tension between formality of expression and the subversiveness of thought more elegantly Candia McWilliam, Independent on Sunday Review Quote This is the story of a dinner party, a knot of people with pasts and connections which at first seem few but are later found to be many ... The prevailing mood is urbane: the wine is poured, the talk continues, and all the time the ice on which the protagonists world rests is being thinned from beneath by boiling emotions and ugly motives ... No living writer handles the tension between formality of expression and the subversiveness of thought more elegantly Candia McWilliam, Independent on Sunday Stiletto-sharp fiction...as in the bitter confections of Ivy Compton-Burnett, it is the dialogue that propels this dangerous, devilish book Alan Taylor, Scotland on Sunday Extremely clever and highly entertaining ... A young bride is seen to have been connected, apparently by chance, with a sequence of untimely deaths ... Symposium is put together like an intricate jigsaw puzzle Penelope Lively The greatest Scottish novelist of modern times . . . She was peerless, sparkling, inventive and intelligent - the cr Promotional "Headline" Seemingly banal dinner-party chat reveals strange tales of the guests dodgy pasts and unreliable futures. Symposium is Muriel Spark at her wicked best. Description for Sales People With an introduction by Ian Rankin Details ISBN1844082474 Pages 160 Publisher Little, Brown Book Group Year 2006 ISBN-10 1844082474 ISBN-13 9781844082476 Format Paperback Publication Date 2006-09-07 Imprint Virago Press Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Author Ian Rankin Media Book Birth 1918 Series Virago Modern Classics Language English UK Release Date 2006-09-07 Audience General NZ Release Date 2006-11-23 AU Release Date 2006-11-23 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:3031433;

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