The Hothouse by the East River (The Collected Muriel Spark Novels)

By Muriel Spark

During World War II, Elsa and Paul were involved in secret propaganda work in England. It is now 1973 and they are living in New York. Elsa is convinced that a German ex-POW – and former lover – who has appeared in New York, may be planning to kill them. And what’s more, her shadow is pointing in the wrong direction: to the East.

144 pages

Location: New York City
# Fiction