简介：KirstyWarkcelebratesthelifeandworkofDameMurielSpark,authorofThePrimeofMissJeanBrodieandoneofthe20thcentury'smostenigmaticculturalfigures,ontheone-hundredthanniversaryofherbirth. BorninEdinburgh,Muriel'sextraordinarylifetookhertocolonialAfrica,wartimeLondon,literaryNewYorkandvibrant1960sRome.Hermostfamousnovel-ThePrimeofMissJeanBrodie-immortalisedthecityofherchildhoodbutwithanaddeddarknessandacerbicwitthatbecamehertrademarkstyle. KirstyretracesMuriel'sfootstepsfromthecobbledstreetsofEdinburghtothesublimebeautyofVictoriaFalls.ContributionsfromwritersALKennedy,JaniceGalloway,AliSmith,WilliamBoydandValMcDermidtellofMurielSpark'suniqueliterarystyleandalifefullofreinvention. KirstymeetswiththejournalistAlanTaylor,whohasrecentlypublishedhismemoirofMuriel,andshetravelstoItalyforthefirsttelevisioninterviewwithPenelopeJardine,Muriel'sclosefriendof40years.…