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With a writing career that included biography, criticism, drama and short fiction as well as novels, Muriel Spark was never one to do things by halves. Those unfamiliar with her work might think otherwise, considering the now-unfashionable slimness of her numerous books. The contemporary publishing industry favours the blockbuster, the trilogy, and the continuing series – or at the very least books with a spine-width broad enough to catch a punter’s jaded eye across a crowded marketplace. (Contemporary readers, though, may be rather more in tune: many people appreciate the merits of a fast and flashing story, executed stylishly, and well.) Spark’s novels in particular are brief, quick, and very final, with no loose ends left dangling; when she writes characters, they stay written.

Utopias and Arcadias

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The Dominie Effect

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Dystopias and Post-Apocalypses

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Scotland's Stories

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Debatable Lands

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Scotland in the Papers

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Women Writers of the Scottish Literary Renaissance

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Scottish Writing in Translation

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Scottish Island Writing: Orkney and Shetland

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Scottish Magic and Witchcraft

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As We See Ithers

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Muriel Spark Special Issue

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