{"product_id":"9781400042067","title":"Muriel Spark(Everymany's Library Series): The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Girls of Slender Means, The Driver's Seat, The Only Problem","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe brevity of Muriel Spark’s novels is equaled only by their brilliance. These four novels, each a miniature masterpiece, illustrate her development over four decades. Despite the seriousness of their themes, all four are fantastic comedies of manners, bristling with wit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpark’s most celebrated novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\u003c\/i\u003e, tells the story of a charismatic schoolteacher’s catastrophic effect on her pupils. \u003ci\u003eThe Girls of Slender Means \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautifully drawn portrait of young women living in a hostel in London in the giddy postwar days of 1945. \u003ci\u003eThe Driver’s Seat \u003c\/i\u003efollows the final haunted hours of a woman descending into madness. And \u003ci\u003eThe Only Problem \u003c\/i\u003eis a witty fable about suffering that brings the Book of Job to bear on contemporary terrorism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll four novels give evidence of one of the most original and unmistakable voices in contemporary fiction. Characters are vividly etched in a few words; earth-shaking events are lightly touched on. Yet underneath the glittering surface there is an obsessive probing of metaphysical questions: the meaning of good and evil, the need for salvation, the search for significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052672467184,"sku":"9781400042067","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781400042067_p0.jpg?v=1763713237","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781400042067","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}