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Product Description The Ballad of Peckham Rye is the wickedly farcical fable of a blue-collar town turned upside down. When the firm of Meadows, Meade & Grindley hires Dougal Douglas (a.k.a. Douglas Dougal) to do ''human research'' into the private lives of its workforce, they are in no way prepared for the mayhem, mutiny, and murder he will stir up. In fact, this Music Man of the thoroughly modern corporation changes the lives of all the eccentric characters he meets, from Miss Merle Coverdale, head of the typing pool, to V.R. Druce, unsuspecting Managing Director. This is Dame Muriel Spark at her most devilishly piquant. Review Not only funny but startling original, the legendary character of Dougal Douglas . . . may not have been boasting when he referred so blithely to his association with the devil. --Washington PostSpark. . . displays an equal and entirely unself-conscious concern for period accuracy. . . [A] substantial work, not simply a snapshot of a lost era but a comment on marginalised lives and the damage than can occur when the grip on them is forced loose. . . . a dark situation comedy of manners, it manages both to immortalise and transcend the borough it takes for its inspiration. --Simon Roberts, Waterstone's Guide to London WritingSpark. . . displays an equal and entirely unself-conscious concern for period accuracy. . . [A] substantial work, not simply a snapshot of a lost era but a comment on marginalised lives and the damage than can occur when the grip on them is forced loose. . . . a dark situation comedy of manners, it manages both to immortalise and transcend the borough it takes for its inspiration. --Simon Roberts, Waterstone's Guide to London Writing About the Author MURIEL SPARK (1918-2006) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the author of over twenty novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as well as critical biographies, radio plays, children's books, poetry, and short-story collections. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1993 and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1996.

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Autorius: Muriel Spark
Leidėjas: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Išleidimo metai: 2010
ISBN-13: 9781441713797
Formatas: 6.32 x 1.2 x 6.56 inches.
Kalba: Anglų

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