From trolling Nazis to Miss Jean Brodie: the nine lives of Muriel Spark
- Posted on April 2, 2026
- By The Times
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From trolling Nazis to Miss Jean Brodie: the nine lives of Muriel Spark
She swapped chilly Edinburgh for sex and sun in Rhodesia, then left her husband to write. James Bailey’s biography Like a Cat Loves a Bird captures the complicated life of the brilliant novelist
