{"product_id":"memento-mori","title":"Memento Mori","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eMemento Mori by Muriel Spark is a witty, poignant, and wickedly hilarious book that leaves one relishing life all the more, exploring old secrets, exposing duplicities, self-deception, and blackmail. It is one of the books included in the VMC 40th-anniversary series. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 03 May 2018\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Little, Brown Book Group\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDame Lettie Colston is the first of her circle to receive insinuating anonymous phone calls, reminding them of their mortality and ruffling their geriatric feathers. As the caller's activities become more widespread, old secrets are dusted off, exposing post and present duplicities, self-deception, and blackmail. Nobody is above suspicion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWitty, poignant, and wickedly hilarious, Memento Mori may ostensibly concern death, but it is a book that leaves one relishing life all the more. The VMC 40th anniversary series includes a range of notable books, such as Frost in May by Antonia White, The Collected Stories of Grace Paley, Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault, The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter, The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann, Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith, The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Heartburn by Nora Ephron, The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy, Memento Mori by Muriel Spark, A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor, and Faces in the Water by Janet Frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 204g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 194 x 130 x 16 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780349010342                                                      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Muriel Spark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097749516538,"sku":"9780349010342","price":8.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/0b07a1f50963780e874c8e4ed3514d34.jpg?v=1630898518","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/memento-mori","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}