The Finishing School Muriel Spark

Name: The Finishing School By Muriel Spark
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The Finishing School by Muriel Spark

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Summary

Passionately determined to write his novel whilst running College Sunrise, a finishing school for both sexes and mixed nationalities, Rowland Mahler is assisted by his wife, Nina Parker. This term there is a new star pupil - Chris, 17, also determined to write his own masterpiece.

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The Finishing School by Muriel Spark

Passionately determined to write his novel whilst running College Sunrise, a finishing school for both sexes and mixed nationalities, Rowland Mahler is assisted by his wife, Nina Parker. When a 17-year-old pupil's own novel takes shape while his own flounders, Rowland becomes increasingly obsessed.

About Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark's many novels include Memento Mori, The Girls of Slender Means, A Far Cry From Kensington, The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (adapted for film and theatre), Aiding And Abetting and her final novel, The Finishing School. She was elected C. Litt in 1992 and awarded the DBE in 1993. Dame Muriel received many awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the FNAC Prix Etranger, the Saltire Prize, the Ingersoll T. S. Eliot Award and the David Cohen British Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement. Dame Muriel died in 2006.

Additional information

Sku

GOR000719182

ISBN 13

9780670911738

ISBN 10

0670911739

Title

The Finishing School by Muriel Spark

Author

Muriel Spark

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

2004-03-04

Number of pages

160

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N/A

Cover note

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Note

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