The Public Image
1968 novel by Muriel Spark
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The Public Image is a novel published in 1968 by Scottish author Muriel Spark and shortlisted for the Booker Prize the following year.[2]
It is set in Rome and concerns Annabel Christopher, an up-and-coming film actress. Annabel carefully cultivates her image to keep her career on course, managing to mask her lack of talent. Her husband Frederick loathes her manipulations and her inexplicable success. He plans his final revenge on her accordingly.
The novel's title was the basis for the name of the post-punk band Public Image Ltd. (PiL) formed by John Lydon after the break up of the Sex Pistols.[3]
References
- ^ "1969 Man Booker Prize. Winner: Something to Answer For by P.H. Newby". www.middlemiss.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ^ "The Public Image". Booker Prize. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2008.
- ^ "PiL Chronology: 1978" by Karsten Roekens & Scott M, Fodderstompf.com, 2006.
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Novels by Muriel Spark
- The Comforters (1957)
- Robinson (1958)
- Memento Mori (1959)
- The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960)
- The Bachelors (1960)
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961)
- The Girls of Slender Means (1963)
- The Mandelbaum Gate (1965)
- The Public Image (1968)
- The Driver's Seat (1970)
- Not To Disturb (1971)
- The Hothouse by the East River (1973)
- The Abbess of Crewe (1974)
- The Takeover (1976)
- Territorial Rights (1979)
- Loitering with Intent (1981)
- The Only Problem (1984)
- A Far Cry From Kensington (1988)
- Symposium (1990)
- Reality and Dreams (1996)
- Aiding and Abetting (2000)
- The Finishing School (2004)
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