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This year sees the launch of the Pocket Classics, a series of short works for pleasurable reading in a pocket-sized format. These books offer an intriguing and original mixture of new and varied reading experiences from a wide range of Scottish writing from different genres and all periods. Think of them as a reintroduction to the impact of the finest writing, whether non-fiction, poetry, short stories or novellas. These four stories, set at home and abroad, show Muriel Spark's characteristically witty and unbalancing powers. In 'The Executor' the niece of a famous author is pursued by an unfinished manuscript. 'Bang-bang You're Dead' mixes childhood games and white-settler affairs to paint a sinister and comic portrait of colonial life and murder by proxy in Africa. Also set in Africa, 'The Seraph and the Zambesi' tells of a Christmas pageant which has the strangest visitor, while 'Portobello Road' is a story haunted by childhood friendships and adult betrayals. Together they illustrate why Spark is regarded as one of the greatest living short story writers.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Fiction: special features Short stories

• Full title: Selected Stories: Muriel Spark
• Author: Muriel Spark
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144
• EAN: 9781841951577
• ISBN: 1841951579
• ID: 02123338
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• Weight: 78 g
• Dimensions: 158 × 111 × 9 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. April 2001

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