The Bachelors, Muriel Spark
The Bachelors, Muriel Spark
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The Bachelors

Author: Muriel Spark

Narrator: Nadia May

Unabridged: 6 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/30/2008

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

A barrister, a priest, a detective, a lovelorn Irishman, a handwriting expert, a heinous spiritual mediumthe very British bachelors of Muriel Sparks supreme 1960 novel come in every stripe. First found contentedly chatting in their London clubs and shopping at Fortnums, the cozy bachelors are not set to stay cozy for long. Soon enough, the men are variously tormenteddefrauded, stolen from, blackmailed, or pressed to attend horrid sancesand then plunged, all together, into the nastiest of lawsuits. At the center of that suit hovers pale, blank Patrick Seton, the medium. Meanwhile, horrors of every size plague the poor bachelorsfrom epileptic fits to forgeries, spiritualists foaming with protoplasm, and murderand each horror delights, lit up by Sparks uncanny wit, at once malicious, funny, and deadly serious.

About Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the author of over twenty novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as well as critical biographies, radio plays, children’s books, poetry, and short-story collections. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1993 and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1996.


Reviews

Goodreads review by William2 on November 19, 2016

Exquisite. IMO, of the seven Muriel Spark novels I have read I place The Bachelors third in terms of excellence. The first is The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and the second is Memento Mori, both of which I have reviewed here. All three I enthusiastically recommend.......more

Goodreads review by James on February 25, 2016

Gawd I love Muriel Spark. A teller of cynical stories, sure, but the uncanny truths she reveals about humanity and belief are dazzling, funny, dark and irresistible. This characteristically short novel concerns spiritualism and its effects on a whole series of men- the Bachelors of the title. These m......more

Goodreads review by Lee on December 07, 2020

This is a pretty fabulous novel that kind of creeps up on you. It begins in a fairly light and humorous way, its tone dry and pithy; at first I thought, "Ah, a clever spoof of British bachelors" (certainly as the opening chapter's tone and the title would lead one to believe), but, as the novel's pl......more

Goodreads review by Marisol on August 18, 2022

Los solteros es una historia escrita por Muriel Spark, donde los personajes principales son un puñado de solteros britanicos. Como un Sex and the city británico, con hombres como principales y sobre todo un ritmo que hace el disfrute mayor. Una historia alterna es el detonante de los acontecimientos......more

Goodreads review by J.J. on October 08, 2023

Una farsa muy entretenida de leer. No entiendo cuál es el punto de enmarcar la trama en el tema de la soltería o quizá sea un aspecto que no ha sobrevivido el paso del tiempo. Pero aun así la pasa uno bien leyendo esta novela. Terminé pensando que podría ser fácilmente adaptada a una película mexicana......more