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Scottish novelist, Muriel Spark wrote a brilliant and dark novella "The Driver's Seat." It will haunt you. It was nominated for Lost Man Booker Prize of 1970. Ms. Spark describes her book as a "whydunnit in a q sharp major" more than a "whodunnit." This is a story of a complicated and troubled woman with a history of problems. She starts to become even more unraveled while traveling to a foreign land for a vacation. Might be a perfect book to discuss in a reading club, as opinions will wildly va
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A novella about Lise who takes a holiday from work and in order to escape her normal life she keeps reinventing herself to tragic consequences. Dark, weird but compelling.
Jun 30, 2011
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Very strange little book.
this quote stays with me always: “Not really a presence….The lack of an absence….”
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this quote stays with me always: “Not really a presence….The lack of an absence….”
Read with 1001 Books Before you Die group on goodreads.com
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