Beschreibung:
Muriel Spark, geboren 1918 in Edinburgh, ist Autorin von Romanen, Theaterstücken, Kinderbüchern und Gedichten. Sie war Herausgeberin der "Poetry Review" und Mitarbeiterin des "New Yorker". 1992 wurde sie für ihr Werk mit dem T.S.-Eliot-Preis für kreatives Schreiben ausgezeichnet, 1997 erhielt sie den David Cohen British Literature Prize, 1999 den Ehrendoktortitel für Literatur der Oxford University.
Muriel Spark starb im April 2006 in der Toskana, wo sie drei Jahrzehnte lang lebte.
Annabel Christopher is every inch the star: a glamorous actress with a devoted, handsome husband. To keep the paparazzi and her adoring public under her spell, her perfect image must be carefully cultivated, whatever the cost. Beneath the facade, though, her husband cannot bear her or their vapid existence. Envious of her success, he plots his revenge and stages a scandal even Annabel will find a challenge to recover from.
Annabel Christopher is every inch the star: a glamorous actress with a devoted, handsome husband. To keep the paparazzi and her adoring public under her spell, her perfect image must be carefully cultivated, whatever the cost. Beneath the facade, though, her husband cannot bear her or their vapid existence. Envious of her success, he plots his revenge and stages a scandal even Annabel will find a challenge to recover from.