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The Driver's Seat
By (Author) Muriel Spark
Introduction by John Lanchester
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
15th July 2025
17th April 2025
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
823.914
Paperback
128
Width 111mm, Height 181mm, Spine 8mm
82g
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Muriel Spark claimed The Driver's Seat to be her best and creepiest novel. Once you have met her heroine Lise - heading for the holiday of a lifetime in an extraordinarily garish dress and with violence on her mind - you will understand why.
Muriel Spark was born and educated in Edinburgh. She wrote poetry, stories, biographies, and a remarkable series of novels. She won countless awards, was made an an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and in 1993 was given an OBE. She died in April 2006.