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The Driver’s Seat
The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark Published: 1970 Length: 128 pages I really didn’t know what was going on in this book. I think I basically got what was happening by the end, and then I read a comment on Goodreads that made it click for me, but I think I may need to re-read this again soon just to see how the story unfolds when you know what’s to come. I mean, you know the ending when you start the novel. Spark tells you, but I guess I didn’t believe her. This is about a single woman who travels on holiday to a southern city in Europe to find…
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Published: 1961 Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes Length: 04:45 (150 pages) I’ve been trying to read a bit more Scottish fiction in the last year or two, and this is a novel you’ll find on every Scottish list around the Internet. I had heard of Muriel Spark, but to be honest I didn’t know anything about her, not even that she was Scottish, so I picked this up as blind as one could be. Miss Jean Brodie is an unorthodox teacher for a group of ten-year-old girls in an Edinburgh school in the 30’s. We follow the group as they progress through…
