"The Girls of Slender Means" by Muriel Spark

Completed on 9^th of November 2017. Marked with 3 stars.

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Review: 

A story revolves around the group of young women living at the May of Teck Club house in London, and their male companions, in summer of 1945. What made me persist with this novel was the author’s specific sense of humour. The final part, when the club house is set on fire by the undetected exploding bomb, and collapses with one of the women, was quite dramatic in its description and worth waiting for.

Characters:

·       Anne Barberton - Geoffrey’s sister

·       Geoffrey Barberton - a captain

·       Jack Buchanan - Pauline Fox’s friend

·       Rudi Buttesch - not liked by Jane

·       Joanna Childe - a daughter of a country rector, an elocution teacher

·       Miss Coleman (Collie) - an elderly resident in the house

·       Colonel Felix Dobell - an American guest at the house lunch, invited by Selina

·       Nicholas Farmington - a man apparently killed in Haiti. Working with Jane Wright. A writer.

·       Pauline Cox - a mad girl

·       Miss Harper - a cook

·       Miss Jarman (Jarvie) - an elderly resident in the house

·       George Johnson - Jane’s boss

·       Tilly Johnson - George’s wife

·       Miss Macgregor (Greggie) - an elderly resident in the house

·       Dorothy Markham - Owner of the model agency, impoverished niece of Lady Markham, lives in the May of Teck house

·       Lady Julia Markham - A chairwoman of the committee of the May of Teck Club house.

·       Judy Redwood - a shorthand typist in the Ministry of Labour. Geoffrey’s sister

·       Selina Redwood - exceedingly beautiful

·       Nancy Riddle - a clergyman’s daughter

·       Jane Wright - the woman columnist, a fat girl