The Abbess of Crewe: A Modern Morality Tale

"The short dirk in the hands of Muriel Spark has always been a deadly weapon," said The New York Times, and "never more so than in The Abbess of Crewe." An elegant little fable about intrigue, corruption, and electronic surveillance, The Abbess of Crewe is set in an English Benedictine convent. Steely and silky Abbess Alexandra (whose aristocratic tastes run to pâté, fine wine, English poetry, and carpets of "amorous green") has bugged the convent, and rigged her election. But the cat gets out of the bag, and--plunged into scandal--the serene Abbess faces a Vatican inquiry.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published: 05/17/1995
ISBN: 9780811212960
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.95h x 4.76w x 0.34d

Review Citations: Library Journal 05/01/1995 pg. 138