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The Finishing School

The Finishing School

Novel by Muriel SparkWikipedia

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Oct 8, 2026

Biographers in Conversation

Biographers in Conversation

Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark

Oct 8 · 15 Mentions

Gabriella Kelly-DaviesHOST
2:07
He also crafted a mosaic of nine partial portraits rather than a chronological or cohesive narrative.
Gabriella Kelly-DaviesHOST
2:15
Vitally, James narrates this story as nimbly and wittily as Muriel Spark does in her novels.
Gabriella Kelly-DaviesHOST
2:22
James, welcome to Biographies in Conversation.
James BaileyGUEST
2:24
Thank you for having me.
Gabriella Kelly-DaviesHOST
2:33
[laughs]
James BaileyGUEST
2:33
Muriel Spark was a lot of things and, and of course, she's best known as a novelist.
James BaileyGUEST
2:38
She published 22 novels over the course of her life.
James BaileyGUEST
2:41
She got started, I suppose, relatively late as, as a novelist.

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