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D_Davis (view post)
Broken record time...I cannot recommend Muriel Spark enough. She is truly a masterclass author - unparalleled as far as I am concerned. It's really cool to see her popping up more often on my Goodreads feed; a sometimes-poster at match-Cut - Space Oddity (I think) - just finished and rated very highly a Spark novel, and it seems like more and more people I'm connected with are discovering her and reading her. That is a very good thing.
This small collection seems like a good introduction to Spark, although I would recommend The Driver's Seat. Both are short and can easily be read in a morning, but The Driver's Seat has a greater impact.