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Early years ignited Spark in icon Muriel

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ELECTRIC Spark is a sharp, unconventional biography that mirrors its subject's own style: clever, elusive, tightly structured, and full of bite.

Frances Wilson zooms in on Muriel Spark's early years - roughly her first four decades - ending as Spark's literary career begins to flourish with the publication of The Comforters in 1957.

It's a bold decision, but one that pays off.