Reality and Dreams

1996 novel by Muriel Spark

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Reality and Dreams is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark, published in 1996. It was identified by the New York Times Book Review as one of the notable books of 1997.^[2]

Plot introduction

The story concerns Tom Richards, a successful British film director and serial womanizer, who has just fallen from a crane whilst shooting his latest film. During his lengthy recuperation he attempts to maintain control of the film, whilst the relationships in his extended family are tested as his daughter Marigold disappears...

References

^ "'The Scarlet Sunset', Joseph Mallord William Turner, c.1830–40".
^ The Best Novels of the Nineties by Linda Parent Lesher, page 363, ISBN 0-7864-0742-5

External links

A Character in One of God's Dreams by Penelope Fitzgerald in The New York Times May 11, 1997

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Novels by Muriel Spark

The Comforters (1957)
Robinson (1958)
Memento Mori (1959)
The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960)
The Bachelors (1960)
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961)
The Girls of Slender Means (1963)
The Mandelbaum Gate (1965)
The Public Image (1968)
The Driver's Seat (1970)
Not To Disturb (1971)
The Hothouse by the East River (1973)
The Abbess of Crewe (1974)
The Takeover (1976)
Territorial Rights (1979)
Loitering with Intent (1981)
The Only Problem (1984)
A Far Cry From Kensington (1988)
Symposium (1990)
Reality and Dreams (1996)
Aiding and Abetting (2000)
The Finishing School (2004)

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