Ever since her conversion [Barbara] had met sophisticated women who, on the subject of Catholicism, sneered like French village atheists, and expected to be excused from normal good manners, let alone intelligence, on this one subject.
Muriel SparkAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: english
- Born: February 1, 1918
- Died: April 13, 2006
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