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Loitering with Intent

De: Muriel Spark
Narrado por: Nadia May
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"How wonderful to be an artist and a woman in the twentieth century," Fleur Talbot rejoices. Loitering about London in 1949, with intent to gather material for her writing, Fleur finds a job "on the grubby edge of the literary world", as secretary to the odd Autobiographical Association. Are they a group of mad egomaniacs, hilariously writing their memoirs in advance, or poor fools ensnared by a blackmailer? Rich material, in any case.

But when its pompous director, Sir Quentin, steals the manuscript of Fleur's new novel, fiction begins to appropriate life. The association's members begin to act out scenes exactly as Fleur herself had already written them in her missing manuscript. And as they meet darkly funny, pre-visioned fates, where does art start or reality end?

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"I read this book in a delirium of delight. In Loitering with Intent, Miss Spark returns to the early flawless form of Memento Mori and The Comforters....Robust and full-bodied, a wise and mature work, and a brilliantly mischievous one." (The New York Times Book Review)

Beautifully Plotted • Ironic Humor • Perfect Narration • Elegant Writing • Understated Feminism • Spot-on Timing
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Loitering with Intent is a smart, funny novel set in the publishing world of late 1940s London. Fleur Talbot has written a novel whose characters just happen to resemble the people she works with at the Autobiographical Society--so much so that events in the novel start to happen in real life. But while Fleur insists that it's all just fiction, her employer, Sir Quentin Oliver, goes to extreme lengths to keep the novel from being published--and to get his hands on a copy.

Spark's novel brims with eccentric characters, including Sir Oliver, Fleur's coworkers, and her various lovers--one of whom is the husband of a co-worker who has not only Fleur on the side but also a gay poet named Gray Mauser. The best of the bunch is Sir Oliver's elderly mother, Edwina, who uses her supposed senility and incontinence as weapons and who helps Fleur to get the best of everyone.

I read and loved Spark's A Far Cry from Kensington earlier this month and was eager to read more by her. Through Fleur, she's a keen observer of human nature and the foibles of polite society. Loitering with Intent is delightful, witty, urbane, and even at times downright hilarious. Spark is now right up there with Barbara Pym in my estimation--and may even surpass her.

As Good As Pym--Maybe Better!

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Pairing Nadia May and Muriel Spark was a heavenly event. This beautifully plotted Book could not have found a better reader.

Delicious!

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If you like really good writing without a word gone to waste, and a deep ironic sense of humor, you can’t beat this one.

One of the best

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I listened to the audio book version. I found myself being irritated by the main character being too trusting to the point of stupidity. the story was interesting and just plain silly because of the characters being so annoying.

Loitering with intent

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A good story, well told The narrator did a good job with so many characters, it was easy to keep track of the cast, and to enjoy listening to a story while working on a project

classic Spark!

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I won't say much about Nadia May here; she is reliably fine with every aspect of her reading, as she always is.

But the book is rather odd, even for Muriel Spark, who usually has more than a touch of the odd in her stories and characters. Right through to the end, I could not be certain about the nature of Fleur Talbot, the narrator and protagonist. She is, of course, a novelist, a professional liar, so we should be suspicious of her from the start. But I could never quite decide if she's just a little self-aggrandizing or completely unreliable in giving us the connections between her novel, Warrender Chase, and the novel (or, within the fictive universe, memoir) she is recounting.

It's possible, I suppose, that (SPOILER ALERT) Sir Quentin is just crazy enough to pattern his fate after that of Talbot's Chase, but only a slight adjustment of the dates (and the book was not published until some months after Sir Quentin's odd death) would be required for the novel to have been patterned after, or revised into the pattern of, the events of Talbot's life.

And, of course, we have no information other than what Fleur gives us, and that includes a good deal aout how everyone (or nearly everyone) around her is lying and manipulating the facts to make themselves look good, or make Fleur look bad.

It is, as the bard says, a puzzlement. But it is also great fun, as Spak always is, and well worth the listen.

A strange outing for Muriel Spark

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If you haven’t downloaded this book, do it immediately. It’s the kind of book the Mitford sisters would have delighted in.

Nadia May’s pitch-perfect timing and delivery make as perfect an audiobook as could possibly be.

The story is delicious and triumphant.

Listening with Intense Interest

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While the book starts slowly it became more and more interesting as I read on. At some point I couldn’t stop reading until I finished it. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Loved it

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For those who prefer a more cultured mystery without too much adrenaline, Muriel Spark cannot be beat. Often humorous and understated, the story keeps one's interest while avoiding melodrama and heart-pounding suspense.

Mild-mannered mystery

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Muriel Spark’s deliciously wicked and humorous prose are just what’s needed during these chaotic and troubling times. Nadia May’s reading of the book was perfect, with spot-on characterizations. I enjoyed it so much I would consider listening again. Enjoy!

This book is a gift

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