The Finishing School (Spark novel)

The Finishing School
First edition (UK)
Author	Muriel Spark
Cover artist	Andy Bridge
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Publisher	Viking Press (UK) Doubleday (US)
Publication date	2004
Media type	Print, Audio, eBook
Pages	160
ISBN	0-670-91173-9

The Finishing School is the last novel written by Scottish author Muriel Spark and published by Viking Press in 2004. It concerns 'College Sunrise', a mixed-sex finishing school in Ouchy on the banks of Lake Geneva near Lausanne in Switzerland.

Plot introduction

The school is run by Rowland Mahler and his wife Nina Parker. Rowland is trying to write a novel but discovers that a new star pupil, Chris Wiley, only seventeen is also writing a novel, which eclipses Rowland's efforts. Frustrated by his own inability to make progress, and increasingly aware of Chris' prodigious talent, Rowland becomes obsessed with the boy, occasioning dry ironies about twists in human relations.^[1] Chris recognises this and keeps his novel under wraps whilst at the same time encourages his attention, increasing Rowland's frustration...

References

↑ "The Finishing School (review)". Retrieved 2010-06-21.

External links

the Complete Review

Novels by Muriel Spark

The Comforters (1957)
Robinson (1958)
Memento Mori (1959)
The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960)
The Bachelors (1960)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961)
The Girls of Slender Means (1963)
The Mandelbaum Gate (1965)
The Public Image (1968)
The Driver's Seat (1970)
Not to Disturb (1971)
The Hothouse by the East River (1973)
The Abbess of Crewe (1974)
The Takeover (1976)
Territorial Rights (1979)
Loitering with Intent (1981)
The Only Problem (1984)
A Far Cry From Kensington (1988)
Symposium (1990)
Reality and Dreams (1996)
Aiding and Abetting (2000)
The Finishing School (2004)

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