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"Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions," begins The Girls of Slender Means, Dame Muriel Spark's tragic and rapier-witted portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II.

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"Spark writes with a light comic touch, but there's an undertone of a kind of existential desperation." -- Patrick T. Reardon - Chicago Tribune

The Girls of Slender Means Paper Only 0 New

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      Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/03/1998
      ISBN13: 9780811213790, 978-0811213790
      ISBN10: 081121379X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      "Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions," begins The Girls of Slender Means, Dame Muriel Spark's tragic and rapier-witted portrait of a London ladies' hostel just emerging from the shadow of World War II.

      Trade Review
      "Spark writes with a light comic touch, but there's an undertone of a kind of existential desperation." -- Patrick T. Reardon - Chicago Tribune

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