The Only Problem: A Novel (Digital Original) (The\collected Muriel Spark Novels Ser.)

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Synopsis: A wealthy academic&’s life shatters when his estranged wife becomes the suspected leader of a terrorist organization Having led a successful, comfortable life, Harvey Gotham retires to the French countryside to pursue bookish obsessions—namely, a long monograph on the Book of Job, the biblical narrative of faith in the face of extraordinary suffering. But Gotham&’s intellectual interests soon bleed into his daily life when a series of misfortunes, from a destructive affair to his wife&’s involvement with an extremist group, threaten to destroy everything he holds dear. Hailed by the New York Times as &“an extremely sophisticated account of the perils that surround our unsuspecting lives in the world today,&”The Only Problem balances Spark&’s unique blend of razor-sharp satire and moral introspection in one fast-paced, absorbing novel. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Muriel Spark including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author&’s archive at the National Library of Scotland.