Synopses & Reviews
Driven mad by an office job, Lise flies south on holiday -- in search of passionate adventure and sex. In this metaphysical shocker, infinity and eternity attend Lise's last terrible day in the unnamed southern city that is her final destination.
Synopsis
, Spark's own favorite among her many novels, was hailed by the as "her spiny and treacherous masterpiece."
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.