Loitering with Intent

There are some writers who feel permanently modern - they just recognise unchanging aspects of the human psyche. I wonder if Muriel Spark is one of those.
In this episode of She Wrote Too, Caroline Rance and I were delighted to be joined by writer Jenn Gale to talk about Spark’s deliciously subversive novel Loitering with Intent - a tale about writing, ambition, faith, power, and the dangerous thrill of telling your own story before anyone else can get hold of it.
Loitering with Intent follows Fleur Talbot, a young writer navigating literary London, dubious mentors, and the unsettling…