{"product_id":"electric-spark-frances-wilson-9781526663078","title":"Electric Spark","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Absolutely mesmerising' SPECTATOR\n\u003cbr\u003e'I raced through it' ALI SMITH, GUARDIAN\n\u003cbr\u003e'Unputdownable' FINANCIAL TIMES\n\u003cbr\u003e'A fire-starter' NEW YORK TIMES\n\u003cbr\u003e'Hypnotic' TLS\n\u003cbr\u003e'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":"New","offer_id":50517478932723,"sku":"9781526663078","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781526663078.jpg?v=1787515267","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/electric-spark-frances-wilson-9781526663078","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}