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Reality and Dreams
First edition
AuthorMuriel Spark
Cover artistJ. M. W. Turner
Scarlet Sunset
Tate Gallery[1]
LanguageEnglish
PublisherConstable (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Publication date
1996
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint & audio
Pages160
ISBN0-09-469670-5

Reality and Dreams is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark, published in 1996. It was identified by the New York Times Book Review as one of the notable books of 1997.[2]

Plot introduction

The story concerns Tom Richards, a successful British film director and serial womanizer, who has just fallen from a crane whilst shooting his latest film. During his lengthy recuperation he attempts to maintain control of the film, whilst the relationships in his extended family are tested as his daughter Marigold disappears...

References

  1. ^ "'The Scarlet Sunset', Joseph Mallord William Turner, c.1830–40".
  2. ^ The Best Novels of the Nineties by Linda Parent Lesher, page 363, ISBN 0-7864-0742-5