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Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark (1918-2006) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the author of over twenty novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as well as critical biographies, radio plays, children's books, poetry, and short-story collections. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1993 and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1996. Spark received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1965 for The Mandelbaum Gate, the US Ingersoll Foundation TS Eliot Award in 1992 and the David Cohen Prize in 1997. She became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1967 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993 for services to literature. She was twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, in 1969 for The Public Image and in 1981 for Loitering with Intent.[22] In 1998, she was awarded the Golden PEN Award by English PEN for a "Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature".[23] Spark received eight honorary doctorates including Doctor of the University degree (Honoris causa) from her alma mater, Heriot-Watt University in 1995;[24] a Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris causa) from the American University of Paris in 2005; and Honorary Doctor of Letters degrees from the Universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, London, Oxford, St Andrews and Strathclyde.[25] In 2008, The Times ranked Spark as No. 8 in its list of "the 50 greatest British writers since 1945".[26] In 2010, Spark was posthumously shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker Prize of 1970 for The Driver's Seat.

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Title:

Memento Mori

Written by:

Muriel Spark 

Read by:

Eve Karpf 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

6 

Duration:

6 hours 59 minutes 

Published:

February 01 2020 

Available Date:

February 01 2020 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9780655646303 

Genres:

Fiction; Crime & Thriller; Psychological Fiction 

Publisher:

Bolinda/Canongate audio 

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Price

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AUD$ 39.95

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Poignant, hilarious, and spooky, Memento Mori addresses old age.

‘Remember you must die’ says the telephone caller. This is the message communicated in a series of anonymous calls made to many elderly people, including; Dame Lettie, a blue-blooded reformer, Godfrey, her rather irritating brother, and his once fabulous novelist wife, Charmian. But who is the caller? And why are they reminding them of this final truth? It’s unsettling and mysterious. The activity increases and soon a witch-hunt is in full force, with nobody beyond suspicion. First published in 1959, Muriel Spark’s startling and timeless novel is at once a crime story, a black comedy and an important meditation on mortality.

'Muriel Spark's novel may be about the various physical and mental afflictions of old age, but far from being depressing or morbid, it is a wonderfully funny and exhilarating read.'
The Guardian

‘At once a hilarious farce and one of English literature’s most moving portraits of old age.’
Sunday Telegraph