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One of the BBCs 100 Novels That Shaped Our WorldA sublimely funny book ... it is a book to be read by all ... unforgettable and universal Candia McWilliamRomantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional schoolmistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy - the creme de la creme - who become the Brodie set, introduced to a privileged world of adult gam...

Described as a metaphysical shocker at the time of its release, Muriel Sparks The Drivers Seat is a taut psychological thriller, published with an introduction by John Lanchester in Penguin Modern Classics.Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and new experien...