This is one of the middle/late novels by Muriel Spark. In this novel, our narrator finds herself embroiled in a publication scandal and involved in the publication of a complete hack writer. She constantly (and probably over does it) refers to this write as a pisseur de copie, meaning a writer who churns out rubbish. Anyway, she is fired and must look for work in a new part of town, in a less reputable publishing company, and hence the title of the novel. The novel circulates around […]