Muriel Spark is undoubtedly one of the 20th century’s great writers. Best known for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, all of her fiction deserves to be read and re-read. Polygon is republishing all 22 of her novels in attractive hardback editions to mark the one-hundredth anniversary of her birth.
Each of the 22 novels are published in striking and collectable hardback Centenary Editions, carrying a series preface by editor Alan Taylor and an introduction by such well-known writers or critics as Ali Smith, William Boyd, Alexander McCall Smith, Candia McWilliam, Andrew O’Hagan, Joseph Kanon, Zoë Strachan, Allan Massie, Kapka Kassabova, Dan Gunn and Richard Holloway.
1. The Comforters, introduced by Allan Massie
2. Robinson, introduced by Candia McWilliam
3. Memento Mori, introduced by Zoë Strachan
4. The Ballad of Peckham Rye, introduced by Ronald Frame
5. The Bachelors, introduced by James Campbell
6. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, introduced by Alan Taylor
7. The Girls of Slender Means, introduced by Rosemary Goring
8. The Mandelbaum Gate, introduced by Gabriel Josipovici
9. The Public Image, introduced by Lucy Ellman
10. The Driver’s Seat, introduced by Andrew O’Hagan
11. Not to Disturb, introduced by Dan Gunn
12. The Hothouse by the East River, introduced by Ian Rankin
13. The Abbess of Crewe, introduced by Ali Smith
14. The Takeover, introduced by Brian Morton
15. Territorial Rights, introduced by Kapka Kassabova
16. Loitering with Intent, introduced by Joseph Kanon
17. The Only Problem, introduced by Richard Holloway
18. A Far Cry from Kensington, introduced by William Boyd
19. Symposium, introduced by Alexander McCall Smith
20. Reality and Dreams, introduced by Kirsty Gunn
21. Aiding and Abetting, introduced by Louise Welsh
22. The Finishing School, introduced by Jackie Kay
ents in the shop. In our children’s section we have replaced the display perspex shelving with beautiful wood to improve the display areas and I hope you think it looks much tidier and easier to find books too.
