

The Bachelors
Author: Muriel Spark
Narrator: Nadia May
Unabridged: 6 hr 58 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 10/30/2008
Categories: Fiction
Author: Muriel Spark
Narrator: Nadia May
Unabridged: 6 hr 58 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 10/30/2008
Categories: Fiction
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.
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
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
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
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
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