Driver's Seat, The

it is a classic in kafquesian style which keeps you on tenterhooks till the end

The introduction will spoil the whole story. Do not read the introduction unless you finish the story.

"He's not my type", Lise says every time she meets a guy, dressed up garishly during her so-called vacation and we get sucked into finding out who her type was actually, who was she waiting to meet, what was her aim, why was she dressed up in colours that did not go together, why was she doing the things she was doing.Reading this book was like sitting in a coffee shop and observing people at their tables, building their personalities in the head by looking at their choices of coffee, body movements, their attires, their facial expressions, their actions and their reactions. We don't quite get to know what Lise has been thinking but we end up stalking her on her path to self-destruction.

Il libro è arrivato un po' ammaccato. Si tratta di un thriller al contrario: seguiamo una donna che sappiamo che verrà uccisa il giorno dopo che la storia ha luogo e, camminando con lei lungo il percorso che la condurrà alla morte, dobbiamo cercare di capire chi è il suo assassino e perché l'ha uccisa. Il finale vi sconvolgerà! In un'unione di generi, dal thriller al post-modernismo, questo romanzo cerca di decostruire il rapporto tra autore e opera narrativa, mentre Lise, la protagonista, cerca di determinare il suo destino in un mondo predeterminato. Una lettura davvero interessante! Consigliato!

História super bem escrita e rápida de ler (acredito que escoceses já nascem contadores de histórias).

Firstly, the book itself arrived promptly and in a great condition. I have no complaints and only praise about that.As for the novel, it is part of my university reading list and I wasn't expecting too much from it because of its short length, and because I am not one to normally read romance-thriller-mystery novels too often.How wrong I was. This book caught me completely off guard and I daresay is an absolute must-read for anyone, regardless what you think you like or what you expect. I won't say anything more to avoid spoiling it, but I think it is one of my favourite books to date.Of course, this is something we should expect from Muriel Spark's work, but this is something I only know now after studying her at university and reading some of her work.I can't recommend this book enough to you regardless of if you like reading or not. This is one of those books everyone will enjoy, and it really is something you should read.

Has not held up well over time.

Perfect transaction... book in very good condtions... no damage... recommended sellerreceived in stimated time... eveything okI don't know what else to say, I need to complete this section to give my opinion about the purchase :)