false \ 1793409 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188425176m/1793409.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188425176m/1793409.jpg 668282 9 2776383 book 1970 The Driver's Seat total:181|5:53|4:68|3:45|2:13|1:2| 181 700 335 33 220423 0811212718 9780811212717 37 8 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223640771m/220423.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220423.The_Driver_s_Seat 4 3 false Mon Nov 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 27 13:44:23 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 16:17:44 -0800 2008 220423 0811212718 9780811212717 37 8 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223640771m/220423.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220423.The_Driver_s_Seat 5 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 19:05:35 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 06 11:31:27 -0800 2009
Lise, the main character, is conniving, whiny, manipulative, rude, brash, selfish, mental, and a total b*tch - and I loved her to death.

Buy the 25th page we know what is going to happen to her, and in the remaining 75 pages Sp...more...]]> 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 3 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 06:56:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 07:15:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 220423 0811212718 9780811212717 37 8 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223640771m/220423.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220423.The_Driver_s_Seat 5 0 false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 20 17:30:49 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 14:13:03 -0700 2009 'Not really a presence,' Lise says. 'The lack of an absence, that's what it is. I know I'll find it. I keep on making mistakes, though.' She starts to cry[...:]]"

I, apparently, have a penchant for female protagonis...more...]]> 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 5 0 false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 20:59:52 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 21:10:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 4 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 09:18:15 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 09:29:18 -0700 2009 The Driver's Seat is pretty similar to any of Shirley Jackson's short stories in that the whole story builds this feeling of dread and anxiety over the mundane. The difference between The Driver's Seat and a Shirley Jackson short story is we know right from the beginning the main character gets knif...more...]]> 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 1 0 false Wed Dec 24 13:14:34 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 06:12:32 -0800 2009
At least it's only 100 pages long. Miss Spark has a curious prose style, which I'd like to read more of, and here she does manage to convey the impression that something very odd is taking pl...more...]]> 220423 0811212718 9780811212717 37 8 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223640771m/220423.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220423.The_Driver_s_Seat 0 1 false Wed May 01 00:00:00 -0700 1996 Sat Jun 13 08:34:43 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 18:51:57 -0700 2009 The Driver's Seat is hands-down the best study for economy, precision, and psychological intrigue rolled into a single manuscript; an excellent example of what can be...more...]]> 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 4 0 false Tue Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 18:45:17 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 21:28:28 -0700 2008
I see clearly why she chooses to write such short novels. She i...more...]]> 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 5 0 false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 03:19:48 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 03:50:26 -0700 2009 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 5 0 false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 13:29:39 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 14:38:34 -0700 2009 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 4 0 false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 20:00:36 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 18:57:24 -0700 2009
Skillful use of language and suspense!]]> 6793223 2 2 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1251897786m/6793223.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6793223-the-driver-s-seat 4 0 false Thu Dec 03 04:44:14 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 03 04:48:31 -0800 2009
Muriel lets us have one of her nightmares here.]]> 220423 0811212718 9780811212717 37 8 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223640771m/220423.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220423.The_Driver_s_Seat 2 0 false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 09:01:07 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 09:01:57 -0800 2009 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 0 0 false Tue Mar 17 12:43:01 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 12:43:36 -0700 2009 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 4 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 30 00:19:29 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 00:19:57 -0800 2009 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 5 0 false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 04:07:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 04:07:41 -0700 2009 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 5 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 28 09:28:17 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 08:47:47 -0700 2009 220423 0811212718 9780811212717 37 8 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223640771m/220423.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/220423.The_Driver_s_Seat 1 0 false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 20:19:25 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 20:20:03 -0700 2009 668282 0141188340 9780141188348 140 23 3.87 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176945891m/668282.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/668282.The_Driver_s_Seat 5 0 false Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 12:14:29 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 07:53:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1793409