Aiding and Abetting (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Muriel Spark
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The present
- Setting: London and Paris
- Principal Characters: Lord “Lucky” Lucan, Dr. Hildegard Wolf, Jean-Pierre Roget, Robert Walker, Lacey Twickenham, Joe Murray
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Crime or criminals, Murder or homicide, Mistaken or secret identity, Twenty-first century, Paris, Blackmail, Faustian bargains, London, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Satire, Psychiatry or psychiatrists, Fraud
- Locales: Paris, France, London, England
Muriel Spark’s forte has always been satire. With a track record that includes such novels as Memento Mori (1959), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), and The Abbess of Crewe (1974), her books are always anticipated for their insight and wit. Her previous novel Reality and Dreams (1996) used filmmaking and films as the vehicle for exploring, among other themes, the line between fantasy and reality and the economic realities of a Britain sharply divided between the wealthy “haves” and the unemployed “have-nots.” This, her twentieth novel, takes on...
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