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Wanda McCaddon
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Length
6 hours 30 minutes
Language
English
Unforgettably astounding and a joy to read, Memento Mori is considered by many to be the greatest novel by the wizardly Dame Muriel Spark.
In late 1950s London, a group of aging eccentrics is brought together by a series of uncanny events. Lettie Colston is the first to receive an anonymous phone call from an insinuating voice reminding her that she must die. Soon, ten of Lettie’s friends also receive the call. In the flurry that results from these seemingly supernatural messages, a bizarre investigation is launched that reveals a network of deception binding the group, including such dark secrets as blackmail and adultery.
As spooky as it is witty, poignant, and wickedly hilarious, Memento Mori may ostensibly concern death, but it is a book which leaves one relishing life all the more.
Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the author of over twenty novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as well as critical biographies, radio plays, children’s books, poetry, and short-story collections. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1993 and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1996.
Wanda McCaddon began recording books for the fledgling audiobook industry in the early 1980s and has since narrated well over six hundred titles for major audio publishers, as well as abridging, narrating, and coproducing classic titles for her own company, Big Ben. Audiobook listeners may be familiar with her voice under one of her two "nom de mikes," Donada Peters and Nadia May. The recipient of an Audie Award and more than twenty-five Earphones Awards, AudioFile magazine has named her one of recording's Golden Voices. Wanda also appears regularly on the professional stage in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Audiobook details
Author:
Muriel Spark
Narrator:
Wanda McCaddon
ISBN:
9781481562256
Length:
6 hours 30 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
June 25, 2005
Edition:
Unabridged
Reviews
“A complex, beautiful, and terrifyingly insightful novel about old age.”
“I find Miss Spark’s novels beautifully executed—funny, moving, and like nobody else’s.”
“Her best, I think…Chillingly brilliant.”
“Funny and macabre…Has delighted me as much as any novel I have read.”
“There is a Waugh-like brilliance to this novel…This last is the most remarkable of Miss Spark’s achievements. Nothing is forced, least of all the humor.”
“Acidly funny tale of aging and death…A marvelously crafted, tautly written novel.”
“Good, not-so-clean fun.”
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