Description
A newly converted Catholic, Caroline Rose returns from a retreat only to find herself haunted by voices—and the uncanny sound of a typewriter that seems to “read” the world back to her. As her perceptions blur between faith and fear, the novel also follows Laurence Manders, who investigates his grandmother’s shadowy past, including a trail of clandestine diamond smuggling. Woven together with Spark’s razor-sharp wit and unsettling psychological clarity, these parallel stories explore belief, guilt, and the ways hidden histories surface at the most unexpected moments. With its blend of spiritual unease and mystery, the book asks what it means to be guided—or manipulated—by forces we can’t quite see.
Available Editions
paperback
Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Published Jan 1, 2009
208 pages
ISBN: 9781844085538
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Details
First Published
1957
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Comforters by Muriel Spark.