The Public Image - Softcover

Spark, Muriel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140031316 ISBN 13: 9780140031317

Publisher: Penguin, 1975

Synopsis

Annabel Christopher is a goddess to her adoring Italian public, her loving husband part of her perfect image. To keep the eager sycophants, ruthless paparazzi and anxious admirers under her spell the image must be carefully cultivated. Only Annabel hasn't calculated on the plans of her husband.

About this title

Book Description:

First published in 1968 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Public Image couldn't be more relevant for today's celebrity-obsessed culture. This is Spark at her wittiest, wickedest best.

From the Back Cover:

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, and with a sense of drama far greater than her own, he stages a scandal that even Annabel will find it a challenge to recover from.

'There is no question about the quality and distinctiveness of her writing, with its quirky concern with human nature, and its comedy' William Boyd

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0140031316
• ISBN 13: 9780140031317
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128