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Shocking and frankly aversive: “A Member of the Family” by Muriel Spark

September 30, 2019June 14, 2022
by Steven Beattie

Muriel Spark’s pitiless treatment of her characters is on full display in the merciless irony of “A Member of the Family.”

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