{"product_id":"drivers-seat-1","title":"Drivers Seat","description":"\u003cp\u003eDescribed as ''a metaphysical shocker'' at the time of its release, Muriel Sparks'' \u003ci\u003eThe Driver''s Seat \u003c\/i\u003eis a taut psychological thriller, published with an introduction by John Lanchester in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants'' office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and new experiences takes on a far darker significance as she heads on a journey of self-destruction. Infinity and eternity attend Lise''s last terrible day in an unnamed southern city, as she meets her fate. One of six novels to be nominated for a ''Lost Man Booker Prize'', \u003ci\u003eThe Driver''s Seat\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a 1974 film, \u003ci\u003eIdentikit\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Elizabeth Taylor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuriel Spark (1918 - 2006) wrote poetry, stories, and biographies as well as a remarkable series of novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie \u003c\/i\u003e(1961)\u003ci\u003e, The Mandelbaum Gate \u003c\/i\u003e(1965) which received the James Tait Black Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Public Image\u003c\/i\u003e (1968) and \u003ci\u003eLoitering with Intent\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Spark was awarded the T.S. Eliot Award for poetry in 1992, and the David Cohen Prize for literature in 1997. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Driver''s Seat\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Spark''s \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''An extraordinary tour de force, a crime story turned inside out''\u003cbr\u003eDavid Lodge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Her spiny and treacherous masterpiece''\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305334415742,"sku":"NW9780141188348","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780141188348.jpg?v=1778236740","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/drivers-seat-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}