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The Ballad of Peckham Rye

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780141188355

  • Length: 160  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 9mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 123g

  • RRP: £8.99

The Ballad of Peckham Rye

A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit, Dougal Douglas is employed to revitalize the ailing firm of Meadows, Meade & Grindley. He succeeds, but not quite in the way his employer intended. Strange things begin to happen as Dougal exerts an uncanny influence on the inhabitants of Peckham Rye and brings lies, tears, blackmail and even murder into the lives of all he meets, from Miss Merle Coverdale, head of the typing pool, to Beauty, the resident femme fatale, and even Mr Druce, the unsuspecting Managing Director himself.

  • Imprint: Penguin Classics

  • ISBN: 9780141188355

  • Length: 160  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 9mm x 129mm

  • Weight: 123g

  • RRP: £8.99

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About the Author

Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark's many novels include Memento Mori, The Girls of Slender Means, A Far Cry From Kensington, The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie (adapted for film and theatre), Aiding And Abetting and her final novel, The Finishing School. She was elected C. Litt in 1992 and awarded the DBE in 1993. Dame Muriel Spark received many awards, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the FNAC Prix Etranger, the Saltire Prize, the Ingersoll T. S. Eliot Award and the David Cohen British Literature Prize in recognition of a lifetime's literary achievement. Dame Muriel Spark died in 2006.

Muriel Spark

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