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Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark

Frances Wilson

How weird accidents, strange coincidences and spooky events shaped the early years of novelist Muriel Spark. Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2025.

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, £10.99, 9 April 2026, 9781526663078

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