Dame Muriel Spark. Rankin told BBC Scotland Spark was an "extraordinary" writer who was loved by aficionados but was not lauded in her homeland as much as she should be. He was speaking as The ...

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A swift, blithe comedy of sexual and creative jealousy plays out on the grounds of a dubious finishing school in Dame Spark's gem ... are at the core of Muriel Spark's delightful Loitering with ...