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  1. The Driver's Seat is a novella by Muriel Spark. Published in 1970, it was advertised as "a metaphysical shocker". It is in the psychological thriller genre, dealing with themes of alienation, isolation and loss of spiritual values. It was made into a film in 1974 starring Elizabeth Taylor and featuring Andy Warhol.

    • Muriel Spark
    • United Kingdom
    • 1970
    • English
  2. Jan 1, 2001 · The Driver’s Seat is an usual story- usual to Muriel Spark, but unusual in every possible sense to the world, for its strangeness is not something which I’ve previously encountered. I finished the book in just two sittings separated by mundane office hours but that doesn’t bring any solace to me to get rid of weird taste it leaves me with.

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  3. Plot Summary. Muriel Spark’s novel The Driver’s Seat (1970) utilizes the present tense, giving the story a sense of urgency even though there is very little action. Lise is shopping for a colorful dress to wear on a trip on which she is about to embark. The sales clerk informs her that the dress she is trying on is made with a special ...

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  5. Nov 22, 2010 · The driver's seat Bookreader Item Preview ... The driver's seat by Spark, Muriel. Publication date 1970 Topics Women, Murder Publisher New York, Knopf Collection

  6. May 27, 2014 · Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was the author of dozens of novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Memento Mori, A Far Cry from Kensington, The Girls of Slender Means, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, The Driver’s Seat, and many more. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.

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  7. May 8, 1970 · The Driver's Seat. By Muriel Spark. May 8, 1970. The New Yorker, May 16, 1970 P. 38. A detailed story of the apparently senseless actions of Lise, a deranged woman in her mid-30's, who goes on ...

  8. Muriel Spark. Described as 'a metaphysical shocker' at the time of its release, Muriel Sparks' The Driver's Seat is a taut psychological thriller, published with an introduction by John Lanchester in Penguin Modern Classics. Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants' office for sixteen years.

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