Described as'a metaphysical shocker'at the time of its release,Muriel Sparks'The Driver's Seat is a taut psychological thriller,published with an introduction by John Lanchester in Penguin Modern Classics.
Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants'office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her,transforms herself into a laughing,garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime.
But her search for adventure,sex and new experiences takes on a far darker significance as she heads on a journey of self-destruction.
Infinity and eternity attend Lise's last terrible day in an unnamed southern city,as she meets her fate. One of six novels to be nominated for a'Lost Man Booker Prize',The Driver's Seat was adapted into a 1974 film,Identikit,starring Elizabeth Taylor.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141188348Number of pages: 128Weight: 100 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 7 mm
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'An extraordinary tour de force,a crime story turned inside out'- David Lodge
'Her spiny and treacherous masterpiece'- The New Yorker
'The Driver's Seat is a scalpel,cutting away the excess of the traditional novel and leaving only the core. It is a stiletto,piercing straight to the heart - or thereabouts'- John Self
Muriel Spark
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John Lanchester is a journalist,novelist and winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award.
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