The Abbess of Crewe

Muriel Spark; Ali Smith (Introduction by); Alan Taylor (Series edited by)

It is time to elect a new abbess at the Convent of Crewe. There are two contenders: nuns Alexandra and Felicity. Alexandra is busy bugging the convent while Felicity calls the police when her love letters (to a young Jesuit priest) are stolen. A brilliant laugh-out-loud satire on the Watergate scandal.T...