Symposium
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A darkly comic work of literary fiction, Symposium by Muriel Spark unfolds over the course of a single dinner party in Edinburgh, where ten guests gather and secrets, malice, and misfortune simmer beneath a veneer of polished civility. Spark chronicles the interconnected lives of her characters with razor-sharp wit, weaving together past and present to reveal the sinister undercurrents lurking behind genteel social performance. At the center of the gathering is the enigmatic Margaret Murchie, a young woman whose unsettling history and eerie calm suggest she may be far more dangerous than she appears. Written with Spark's signature economy and irony, the novel argues that evil is not dramatic but mundane, hiding comfortably in drawing rooms and dinner conversation. A masterclass in satirical suspense, Symposium illustrates how the rituals of polite society can serve as the perfect camouflage for the darkest of human impulses.
Author: Muriel Spark
Format: Hardback
Published: 1990, Houghton Mifflin Company
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A darkly comic work of literary fiction, Symposium by Muriel Spark unfolds over the course of a single dinner party in Edinburgh, where ten guests gather and secrets, malice, and misfortune simmer beneath a veneer of polished civility. Spark chronicles the interconnected lives of her characters with razor-sharp wit, weaving together past and present to reveal the sinister undercurrents lurking behind genteel social performance. At the center of the gathering is the enigmatic Margaret Murchie, a young woman whose unsettling history and eerie calm suggest she may be far more dangerous than she appears. Written with Spark's signature economy and irony, the novel argues that evil is not dramatic but mundane, hiding comfortably in drawing rooms and dinner conversation. A masterclass in satirical suspense, Symposium illustrates how the rituals of polite society can serve as the perfect camouflage for the darkest of human impulses.