About the Author

The writer of "some of the best sentences in English" (The New Yorker), Muriel Spark (1918-2006) was the author of dozens of novels including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Memento Mori, and The Driver's Seat. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.

Reviews

"What a writer Spark is - odd, funny, aphoristic, wise, and technically brilliant." -- Nick Hornby - The Believer "Spark's enchanting memoir flickers with the tart judgments, gimlet wit, bizarre episodes and odd twists of fate that distinguish her fiction." -- Publishers Weekly "Tantalizing." -- The New York Times