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Title details for The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark - Available

The Girls of Slender Means

by Muriel Spark
Juliet Stevenson
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It is 1945; a time of cultural and political change, and also one of slender means. Spark's evocative and sharply drawn novel focuses on a group of women living together in a hostel in Kensington who face new challenges in uncertain times. The novel is at once dramatic and character-based, and shows Muriel Spark at the height of her literary powers.

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  • Release date

    February 13, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781471230257
      • File size: 108255 KB
      • Duration: 03:45:31

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In a London lodging club for single women, life after the blitz is a struggle, yet this novel opens like a 1945 version of chick-lit as residents trade gossip and ration coupons. Several of the eponymous girls are so slender they can slither through the gap in a lavatory window to sunbathe and cavort with boyfriends on the roof--but their hip measurements, and their climbing skills, will come to have more than passing significance. Listeners who appreciate MEMENTO MORI and THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE will enjoy this, with one proviso. The sheer number of young female characters challenges the narrator--the very fine Nadia May--who wisely chooses a straight read. The resulting recording is transparent and effective, but not particularly variable in tone or dynamic range. J.L.B. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

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