Writer from Manchester. LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD, my biography of Muriel Spark, out now (and 9 June in US: pre-order at the link below!) 🐈⬛
https://lnk.to/LikeaCatLovesaBird
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Big fan of this:
The folks at @literaryhub.bsky.social were kind enough to publish an extract from LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, all about Spark's idea of the 'intellectual monster' (a woman who, horror of horrors, isn't all that fussed about men and marriage)
lithub.com/an-intellect...
Go on, treat yourselves… 🐈⬛
If you need further persuasion that LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK is the book for you, here’s an extract from a review which not only calls me a ‘young author’ (!) but likens its weight to that of a small chicken
Full thing here: openlettersreview.com/posts/like-a...
Oh hi there! Just me, casually appearing from a behind a big stack of US editions of LIKE A CAT LOVES A BIRD: THE NINE LIVES OF MURIEL SPARK, because the book's out in America today! A huge thank you to @princetonupress.bsky.social 🐈⬛
Buy it here! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
A spiky and delicious new literary portrait of the great twentieth-century British author Muriel Spark.
Like a Cat Loves a Bird by @drjamesbailey.bsky.social is out now!
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#MurielSpark #Biography
“[Spark] knew what the world thought of women like her, who prioritize their artistic and intellectual development over marriage, men and motherhood”
— @drjamesbailey.bsky.social on Muriel Spark’s eternal pursuit of the literary life – via @literaryhub.bsky.social
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lithub.com/an-intellect...
Like a Cat Loves a Bird is a spiky and delicious new literary portrait of Muriel Spark, the great twentieth-century British author of beloved novels such as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and The Girls of Slender Means. [Sponsored] hubs.ly/Q04jDrDn0
Did Muriel Spark really adopt Patricia Highsmith's cat? Yes.
James Bailey, Like a Cat Loves a Bird: The Nine Lives of Muriel Spark
Preordered through my local bookstore. Should arrive in a week.
Can't wait.
Like a Cat Loves a Bird
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