The Comforters

Muriel Spark
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Caroline Rose is plagued by the tapping of typewriter keys and the strange, detached narration of her every thought and action. Caroline has an unusual problem - she realises she is in a novel. Her fellow characters also seem Laurence, her former lover, finds diamonds in a loaf of bread - has his elderly grandmother hidden them there? And Baron Stock, her bookseller friend, believes he is on the trail of England's leading Satanist.
Genres: FictionClassicsNovels20th CenturyLiteratureLiterary FictionBritish LiteratureScotlandMysteryFemale Authors
149 Pages

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