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The Driver's Seat

By: Muriel Spark
Narrated by: Dame Judi Dench
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Lise is thin, neither good-looking nor bad-looking. One day she walks out of her office, acquires a gaudy new outfit, adopts a girlier tone of voice, and heads to the airport to fly south. On the plane she takes a seat between two men. One is delighted with her company, the other is deeply perturbed. So begins an unnerving journey into the darker recesses of human nature.
The reader is Dame Judi Dench.

©1970 Muriel Spark Classics Scary
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"An extraordinary tour de force, a crime story turned inside out." (David Lodge)
"Her spiny and treacherous masterpiece"
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Couldn't put it down - beautifully narrated - and observed details would definitely recommend - I thinks I will read it many times!

Fabulous novella

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This is without a doubt one of the most extraordinary books I have ever read. Muriel Spark’s masterpiece. It reminded me of Truman Capote’s ‘Miriam’.

A masterpiece

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Razor sharp wit of Spark nuanced perfectly by the Dame. Utterly sublime. But...oh so dark.

Bitter honey.

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Hard to define - a thriller, a fantasy, a puzzle. Strange and intriguing. Immaculate reading by Judi Dench.

Unique and sinister

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Such rich prose read by our best British dame
Fast plot with a twist fabulous

Judy Dench supreme

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