nanditalaks 's review for:

Memento Mori by Muriel Spark

5.0

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This might be my favorite Muriel Spark book I've read so far. It is unimaginable how a book about a circle of senile geriatrics is so funny and immensely enjoyable. Spark is at her merciless satirizing best and the characters are all given such lively and quirky dimensions. I was constantly laughing out loud- Alec Warner especially had me constantly chuckling every time he wanted someone to measure their BP! The writing is brilliant and it is fascinating how Spark deals with such a morbid and macabre storyline with such unabashed joy. She provides terrifying and insightful commentary about old age and our mortality and the narration is so masterfully crafted. I think this is a perfect novel- if ever there can be one.