Memento Mori
by Muriel Spark
Taste attributes: mysterycomedydramafresh & originalunsavouryheavyintricateenclosedemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leadshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeAn original, serious mystery: intricate and moving. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.7 / 5
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About This Book
Dame Lettie Colston, seventy-nine, O.B.E. and pioneer penal reformer, has much in common with the elderly residents of the Maud Long Medical Ward. All are united by scorn, resentment, boredom--and the maudlin humour that masks the awareness of impending death.
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- Author
- Muriel Spark
- Published
- 1959
- Pages
- 240
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- Open Library
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