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The Driver's Seat

By Muriel Spark
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark follows the story of a woman named Lise who travels to an unnamed city in a quest for something extraordinary and unsettling. As she leaves behind her mundane existence, Lise's behaviour grows increasingly erratic and bizarre, culminating in a chilling and unpredictable series of events. The narrative is a psychological exploration of a woman's intense journey in search of meaning or escape.
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The Driver's Seat

Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes on a far darker significance.

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New to Modern Classics, published alongside The Ballad of Peckham Rye

Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes on a far darker significance as she heads on a journey of self-destruction.

Infinity and eternity attend Lise's last terrible day in an unnamed southern city, as she meets her fate.

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The Driver's Seat is praised as a sharp and incisive work by Muriel Spark, which strips away traditional narrative excess to reveal a core that is both piercing and affecting. The book is likened to a scalpel or stiletto, delivering a precise, impactful reading experience.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141188348

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 April 2006

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by John Lanchester

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 103g

Pages: 128

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Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Muriel Spark Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics

About the Author

Muriel Spark (Author) Muriel Spark was born and educated in Edinburgh. She wrote poetry, stories, biographies, and a remarkable series of novels. She won countless awards, was made an an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1993 was given an OBE. She died in April 2006. John Lanchester (Introducer) John Lanchester is a journalist, novelist and winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award. He is a regular contributor to the London Review of Books and the New Yorker, with a monthly column in Esquire. John was raised in South-East Asia and now lives in London.

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