Memento Mori - Virago Modern Classics (Paperback)

There is a Waugh-like brilliance to this novel, in the easy economical narrative, the continuous invention producing a series of surprises, the well-cut dialogue, the controlled tone . . . the most remarkable of Miss Spark's achievements. Nothing is forced, least of all the humour - V. S. Naipaul

I am reading a trio of novels by Muriel Spark, a marvellously witty English writer . . . Her best, I think, is Memento Mori, which is chillingly brilliant - Tennessee Williams

The greatest Scottish novelist of modern times . . . My admiration for Spark's contribution to world literature knows no bounds. She was peerless, sparkling, inventive and intelligent - the creme de la creme - Ian Rankin

Spark is a writer who can take the meditative and make it mercurially funny, playful and mischievious - Ali Smith

There is a Waugh-like brilliance to this novel, in the easy economical narrative, the continuous invention producing a series of surprises, the well-cut dialogue, the controlled tone. This last is the most remarkable of Miss Spark's achievements. Nothing is forced, least of all the humour - V. S. Naipaul, NEW STATESMAN

I am reading a trio of novels by Muriel Spark, a marvelously witty English writer, one of the few lady writers I like to read. Her best, I think, is Memento Mori, which is chillingly brilliant - Tennessee Williams

This funny and macabre book has delighted me as much as any novel that I have read since the war - Graham Greene

A brilliant and singularly gruesome achchievement - Evelyn Waugh