Books of The Times: Martin Stannard Traces a Writing Life in ‘Muriel Spark’
The biographer Martin Stannard follows the novelist Muriel Spark from early struggles to world fame with “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and beyond.
From: NYT > Books
Tuesday, 13 April, 2010
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