{"product_id":"9781399742528","title":"Like a Cat Loves a Bird","description":"\u003cp\u003eMuriel Spark was one of literature's great shapeshifters. That mercurial quality is found in her strange, brilliant, cruel novels - with their plots featuring pensioners receiving telephone calls from Death, the devil going clubbing in Peckham and a fascist schoolmistress leading her coterie of girls astray - but it is also true of her as a person. As sly, nimble and elegant as Spark's own work, this book is a thrilling new perspective on a remarkable life and career that spanned much of the twentieth century. From her childhood in Edinburgh to her final years in Tuscany - via South Africa, London, New York and Rome - it traces a light-footed journey around the world and through her strange and magnificent bibliography. It tells an irresistible story of transformation, wit and fierce determination and makes a passionate case for this vital modern artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56768952992122,"sku":"9781399742528","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9781399742528.jpg?v=1779903454","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781399742528","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}