{"product_id":"spark-muriel-the-bachelors","title":"SPARK, Muriel. The Bachelors.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPARK, Muriel.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Bachelors. \u003ci\u003eLondon: Macmillan \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/i\u003e. 1960.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8vo. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, illustrated dust-jacket by Victor Reinganum priced at 16s to front flap; pp. [vi], 240, [2]; edges of jacket slightly worn, a small chip to top-edge of front panel (c. 5 x 10mm), very minor toning to edges of text-block; near fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bright first edition, first impression of Spark’s fifth novel, a darkly comic and sharply observed satire of English manners described by Evelyn Waugh as ‘the cleverest and most elegant of all Mrs Spark's clever and elegant books.’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in West London, \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelors\u003c\/i\u003e centres on the impending trial of Patrick Seton, a fraudulent spiritualist and extortionist accused of forgery. His prosecution throws a group of unmarried men into varying states of anxiety, obsession and emotional disturbance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1960, a year before \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\u003c\/i\u003e brought Spark international recognition, \u003ci\u003eThe Bachelors\u003c\/i\u003e displays the full range of the author’s mordant wit, formal control and psychological acuity. The striking jacket is illustrated by Victor Reinganum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2126010\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Henry Sotheran Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64400027648377,"sku":"2126010","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2126010.jpg?v=1787935878","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/spark-muriel-the-bachelors","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}