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Loitering With Intent
Loitering With Intent | Muriel Spark
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andrew61
Loitering with Intent | Muriel Spark
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Fleur Talbot is a brilliant character in a glorious tableau of the grotesque and eccentric which is of course the joy of muriel spark. Fleur, a budding novelist, gets a job as secretary to Quentin Oliver ,a charismatic rogue who runs an autobiographical association creating memoir of an odd grp of worthies but fleur's novel may undo his budding blackmail. Witty, dark, acerbic, and written with care in every word Muriel Spark is a genius and joy.

vivastory I loved this one 2y
batsy Fab review! 2y
CarolynM Great review! Sounds like I need this one. Stacked. (edited) 2y
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andrew61
Loitering with Intent | Muriel Spark
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Every time I pick up a muriel spark it is a joy and this sums up what it is about her writing i love, the ability to say in a sentence what other writers may take pages to express; "I've come to learn for myself how little one needs, in the art of writing, to convey the lot, and how a lot of words, on the other hand, can convey so little "

LeahBergen I need to read another Spark soon. ❤️ 2y
Aimeesue Muriel Spark❤️ I always think of Momento Mori this time of year. 2y
batsy I loved this book! So far my only Spark, and that I will have to fix soon. 2y
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andrew61 @LeahBergen they are all so unique that you don't know what to expect when you pick one up. 2y
andrew61 @Aimeesue yes, whenever our land line rings I always wonder what it would be like to hear such an ominous message, but such wonderful characters. 2y
andrew61 @batsy yes just put it down and loved it. You have lots to look forward to as they are all so short but brilliant. 2y
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Brimful
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One of my favourite topics for a novel is the writing process. In Loitering with Intent Spark provides tantalising insights into the creative process, the porous line between truth and fiction and where inspiration comes from. A wonderful novella clever , funny, kind and insightful

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Brimful
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So pleased to have picked this up in a charity shop. Just started reading it on my commute and I am thrilled by the premise! And the picture is of a neighbour celebrating Chinese New Year

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thebookishpoet
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What a fantastic novel. Utterly confusing and ridiculous but I love when reality and fiction are blurred! The main character, Fleur Talbot, is awesome and has amazing insights into what it is like having an author‘s mind.

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thebookishpoet
Loitering with Intent | Muriel Spark

Quentin Oliver is a misogynist and a half. However, Fleur doesn‘t take any nonsense! I‘m loving this so far.

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Amyegia
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I was assigned this book my senior year of undergrad. I've probably read it a hundred times since, and lots of other Spark, too. I'm so lucky to have been handed this book! "One day in the middle of the twentieth century..." #funfridayphoto

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Amyegia
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"I was glad of my strong hips and sound cage of ribs to save me from flying apart, so explosive were my thoughts."