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Title Statement | The finishing school / Muriel Spark. |
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Author | Spark, Muriel |
Publication | London: Penguin, 2004. |
Extent of Item | 155 p. |
ISBN | 0670911739 |
Other Number | 1345453 |
General Notes | "Viking." |
Summary | Assisted by his wife Nina, Rowland Mahler runs College Sunrise, a finishing school, while attempting to finish his novel. Chris, a seventeen-year-old star pupil is also determined to write his masterpiece. As Chris's novel takes shape and his own flounders, Rowland becomes increasingly obsessed and jealous. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Novelists--Fiction |
Preparatory school students--Fiction | |
Preparatory school teachers--Fiction | |
Teacher-student relationships--Fiction | |
Jealousy--Fiction | |
Preparatory schools--Fiction | |
Schools--Fiction--England |