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Memento Mori Lib/E Library Edition
Contributor(s): Spark, Muriel (Author), McCaddon, Wanda (Read by)
ISBN: 0786191279     ISBN-13: 9780786191277
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
OUR PRICE:   $43.20  
Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats
Published: September 2003
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Annotation: Elderly Dame Lettie Colston receives an anonymous phone call reminding her that she must die. Soon ten of Lettie's oldest friends also become targets of Death's anonymous herald. A bizarre investigation lays bare a network of deception that binds together the group of aging eccentrics.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Psychological
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 1.22" H x 6.5" W x 6.7" (0.68 lbs)
 
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Publisher Description:

Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark.

In late 1950s London, a group of aging eccentrics is brought together by a series of uncanny events. Lettie Colston is the first to receive an anonymous phone call from an insinuating voice reminding her that she must die. Soon, ten of Lettie's friends also receive the call. In the flurry that results from these seemingly supernatural messages, a bizarre investigation is launched that reveals a network of deception binding the group, including such dark secrets as blackmail and adultery.

As spooky as it is witty, poignant, and wickedly hilarious, Memento Mori may ostensibly concern death, but it is a book which leaves one relishing life all the more.


Contributor Bio(s): McCaddon, Wanda: -

Wanda McCaddon (a.k.a. Nadia May or Donada Peters) has narrated well over six hundred titles for major audiobook publishers, has earned numerous Earphones Awards, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine.

Spark, Muriel: -

Muriel Spark (1918-2006) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the author of over twenty novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as well as critical biographies, radio plays, children's books, poetry, and short-story collections. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1993 and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1996.