A review by nick_jenkins
A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark

4.0

Like some other Spark novels, this one has a certain manic over-attachment to a single theme or motif—the irritating repetition of the epithet "pisseur de copie"—which leaves it slightly askew but not so much as to create a real feeling of surrealism or even zaniness. Instead, it makes the novel feel misshapen or ill-proportioned, as if Spark had published an early draft. There is much to enjoy in this novel, but it is quite often laughter that sneaks in between winces.