Saturday, April 15, 2006

Muriel Spark (1918-2006)

Muriel Spark has died: Still in her prime. Her last novel, The Finishing School, published in 2004, became a best-seller. I reviewed it. It was delightful, characterized by "economy of means, precision of language and formal perfection." She lived in Tuscany too. God bless her.

There is more: Ian Rankin comments here. And Alan Taylor, literary editor of the Glasgow Herald, here. And Kelly Jane Torrance posts Spark of Genius.

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