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Set on the crazier fringes of 1950s literary London, A Far Cry from Kensington is a delight, hilariously portraying love, fraud, death, evil, and transformation.
Muriel Spark (1918-2006) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was
the author of over twenty novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean
Brodie, as well as critical biographies, radio plays, children's
books, poetry, and short-story collections. She was made a Dame of
the British Empire in 1993 and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
in 1996.
Spark received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1965 for The
Mandelbaum Gate, the US Ingersoll Foundation TS Eliot Award in 1992
and the David Cohen Prize in 1997. She became an Officer of the
Order of the British Empire in 1967 and Dame Commander of the Order
of the British Empire in 1993 for services to literature. She was
twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, in 1969 for The Public
Image and in 1981 for Loitering with Intent.[22] In 1998, she was
awarded the Golden PEN Award by English PEN for a "Lifetime's
Distinguished Service to Literature".[23]
Spark received eight honorary doctorates including Doctor of the
University degree (Honoris causa) from her alma mater, Heriot-Watt
University in 1995;[24] a Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris causa)
from the American University of Paris in 2005; and Honorary Doctor
of Letters degrees from the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh,
London, Oxford, St Andrews and Strathclyde.[25]
In 2008, The Times ranked Spark as No. 8 in its list of "the 50
greatest British writers since 1945".[26] In 2010, Spark was
posthumously shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize of 1970 for
The Driver's Seat. Juliet Stevenson is a distinguished actress of
film, television and theatre. She was awarded the CBE for her work
in drama and received the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best
Actress for her performance in Death and the Maiden. Juliet's films
include Truly Madly Deeply, Mona Lisa Smile, Being Julia and Bend
It Like Beckham. More recently, she has appeared in The Letters,
Diana and Before I Go To Sleep.
'I was in heaven reading this book. I think she writes like an
angel ... just blissful.'
*Stephen Fry*
‘Wonderfully entertaining – full of absurd, comical, engaging
characters and written with typical wit, elegance and aplomb.’
*Sunday Telegraph*
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