{"product_id":"electric-spark-9781526663078","title":"Electric Spark","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Absolutely mesmerising' SPECTATOR\u003cbr\u003e\n 'I raced through it' ALI SMITH, GUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\n 'Unputdownable' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\n 'A fire-starter' NEW YORK TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\n 'Hypnotic' TLS\u003cbr\u003e\n 'Joyously, brilliantly intelligent' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eFrom one of our leading biographers and critics comes an exhilarating, landmark new look at Muriel Spark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: THE TIMES \/ SUNDAY TIMES , GUARDIAN , TELEGRAPH , TLS , FINANCIAL TIMES , ECONOMIST , NEW STATESMAN , LONDON STANDARD AND WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eMuriel Spark was a puzzle, and so too were her books. She dealt in word games, tricks and ciphers; her life was composed of weird accidents, strange coincidences and spooky events. In Electric Spark , Frances Wilson aims to finally crack her code.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eWe return to Spark's early years when everything was piled on: divorce, madness, murder, espionage, poverty, skulduggery, blackmail, love affairs, revenge and a major religious conversion. If this sounds like a novel by Muriel Spark it is because her experiences of the 1940s and 1950s became, alchemically reduced, the material of her art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frances Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160506212603,"sku":"9781526663078","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/8176\/3067\/files\/9781526663078.webp?v=1786263191","url":"https:\/\/aureliabooks.co.nz\/products\/electric-spark-9781526663078","provider":"Aurelia Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}