Description
A group of young British bachelors—each comfortable in his own routines of bars, banter, and casual contempt for women—finds that their carefully guarded world is suddenly upended. When blackmail and fraud enter the picture, their misogynistic assumptions are tested in ways none of them can control, forcing them to confront what they’ve dismissed, exploited, and taken for granted. As suspicion spreads and reputations fracture, the novel turns a sharp, satirical eye on masculinity, power, and the fragile performances that hold social life together. With Muriel Spark’s famously incisive wit and cool narrative intelligence, the story builds toward a reckoning that is as psychological as it is moral—revealing how quickly certainty collapses when the “bachelor” mask is stripped away.
Available Editions
paperback
New Directions Publishing
Published Jan 1, 1999
196 pages
ISBN: 9780811214247
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Details
First Published
1960
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Bachelors by muriel spark.