{"product_id":"loitering-with-intent-9780811223034","title":"Loitering with Intent","description":"Happily loitering about London, c. 1949, with the intent of gathering material for her writing, Fleur Talbot finds a job \"on the grubby edge of the literary world\" at the very peculiar Autobiographical Association. Mad egomaniacs writing their memoirs in advance -- or poor fools ensnared by a blackmailer? When the association's pompous director steals Fleur's manuscript, fiction begins to appropriate life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpark, Muriel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMuriel Spark\u003c\/strong\u003e (1918-2006) was the author of dozens of novels, including \u003cem\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Memento Mori, A Far Cry from Kensington, The Girls of Slender Means, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, The Driver's Seat\u003c\/em\u003e, and many more. She became Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1993.","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725345231122,"sku":"9780811223034","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_47a7a83e-f32c-4975-b309-1c60325aacf3.jpg?v=1734826650","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/loitering-with-intent-9780811223034","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}