The Bachelors

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This is my third Spark of the year. Patrick Seton, the celebrity medium of a séance circle, is accused of forgery & fraudulent conversion. With subplots of attempted murder & a rather humorous one involving political intrigues with the séance circle, this is the most convoluted out of all of the three Spark books that I have read this year. Although this compounds the essential strangeness of the plot, I do have to say that this is my least👇

vivastory favorite Spark. Yet, there is plenty here that is worthwhile & what is noteworthy about The Bachelors is that it is probably the most humorous of the three that I have read this year. 3y

LeahBergen I must get back on the Spark train. I‘ve only read Memento Mori and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie so far. What were the other two you read again? 3y

vivastory @LeahBergen I read Loitering with Intent & The Comforters. I highly recommend both. I think that Prime of Ms Jean will be my next one. 3y

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vivastory

The Bachelors | Muriel Spark

The tagged book was published 7 years after Hartley's book, I can't help but feel this is a reference to it.

BarbaraBB It certainly seems that way! 3y

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ElleSkel

The Bachelors | Muriel Spark

My $30,000 hat is here! One term left then it‘s on like Donkey Kong!

Not book related at all.

Sorry not sorry. 😝😜🤪

theresidentromantic Congrats!! You gonna decorate your cap?? I hope you do, I love seeing those. I did mine with Up! 6y

ElleSkel I hadn‘t thought about it @theresidentromantic ! I honestly thought they made you stop doing that when they stopped throwing them. I really want to now!! (edited) 6y

AmyG Ha! The hat means...the end. Congrats! 6y

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BookishMe Congratulations 6y

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ElleSkel Thanks Folks!! @AmyG @BookishMe @DebinHawaii @tournevis 6y

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kspenmoll 👏🏻👏🏻🎉🎉 6y

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ValerieAndBooks

The Bachelors | Muriel Spark

Help me decide which Muriel Spark I should read next for Letter S of #LitsyAtoZ. I'm inclined to read the tagged book because it's the earliest published work of the ones here. Is there one here you feel I should read first?? I'll tag the rest in the comments 👇.

ValerieAndBooks T

The Ballad of Peckham Rye

ValerieAndBooks

The Girls of Slender Means

ValerieAndBooks

Loitering with Intent

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ValerieAndBooks

The Finishing School

Sarah83 I would choose

Loitering with Intent

batsy I've only read Loitering with Intent; I loved it! It was strange with a generous dollop of dark humour. But reading in publication order makes sense and I was thinking of doing that with her books, too. 7y

Leftcoastzen I'm with @batsy when I feel like I might read a lot of an author , publication order . But I have read a couple of Sparks books so .... 7y

LeahBergen I have 3 of her books (all still TBR) but none of these. 😆 7y

BarbaraBB I read three by her, but also none of these. The Girls of Slender Means however, is one of the 1001 books you should read before you die so I'd read that one! 7y

ValerieAndBooks @Sarah83 @batsy @Leftcoastzen @LeahBergen @BarbaraBB seems like the responses are mixed -- no clear winner 😊. I've already read The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (a while ago) and The Driver's Seat (more recently). The Bachelors is not her very 1st but it is the earliest I have here. 🤔hmm. Stay tuned 😁! 7y

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