A review by cattytrona
Aiding and Abetting by Muriel Spark

3.0

• made me realise how little i know about the lord lucan case, in that it's just become a sort of phrase without an etymology, a shorthand for mysterious goings on.
• always surreal to read a 21st century spark. what do you mean 'laptop computer'?
• i'm not sure i'm convinced by myself on this, but if i wanted to be provocative in a room full of scottish literature scholars, i might say something like "there's major sparks and there's minor sparks. an example of a major spark is the prime of miss jean brodie, and an example of a minor spark is literally any of her other novels." it's just that prime is really powerful in its ellisions, jumps and gaps, whereas in her other novels, that style consistently makes me feel like i missed something, am scrambling a bit to keep up.