A review by kirkrenerivera
Memento Mori by Muriel Spark

4.0

Memento mori-"remember that you will die"-seems as bareboned and physically static as a stage drama, but with a few deft strokes Spark creates a world. The reader, finding himself surrounded by the going ons of English mid 20th C seniors in their 80s and 90s (and unexpectedly able) might be surprised at being content to linger in this odd social milieu. A small insular world of elderly characters who've long known each other as family, lovers, maids, and sometimes friends has its table overturned when they separately begin to receive anonymous phone calls always stating "remember that you will die." Acerbic, unsentimental, and sharply funny, Memento Mori is a cocktail without sugar,but delicious.