The Ballad of Peckham Rye (New Directions Paperbook)

Spark, Muriel

ISBN 10: 0811222993 / ISBN 13: 9780811222990

Published by New Directions, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ballad of Peckham Rye (New Directions Paperbook)
• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811222993
• ISBN 13: 9780811222990
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

A slender satirical gem from the “master of malice and mayhem” (The New York Times)

The Ballad of Peckham Rye is a wickedly farcical tale of an English factory town turned upside-down by a Scot who may or may not be in league with the Devil. Dougal Douglas is hired to do “human research” into the lives of the workers, Douglas stirs up mutiny and murder.

About the Author

Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was the author of dozens of novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Memento Mori, A Far Cry from Kensington, The Girls of Slender Means, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, The Driver’s Seat, and many more. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.