Muriel Spark was a superstitious writer. In a 1971 BBC documentary, she explains her relationship with her pens. “If by accident someone picks up one of these pens … I throw that pen out the window. I ...
In late June 1961, Muriel Spark traveled to Jerusalem to attend the trial of Adolf Eichmann. She was there to report for the Observer, but no writing connected to her trip would appear until 1965, ...
The writer Muriel Spark was famous for her acerbic wit, stylistic elegance and formal experimentation. Canny and evasive, she fascinated biographers and critics alike but carefully controlled her ...