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Just finished it. Not bad as a novel, and the Spark biography shows how it came out of her situation and preoccupations at the time. What has been your favorite Spark novel so far? I figure she is someone I will get around to, but I have quite a few others ahead of her in the queue (Dorris Lessing being one). I've read six and my favorite is Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, so no surprises there. BillF, kudos to you on taking on "The Comforters." Question: who are the "comforters" and who is being comforted? Does the biography address that? The choice of that title remains a mystery to me too. I guess Stannard doesn't have an explanation either, as I don't recall my question being answered by the biography.

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Looks interesting, though there's not a lot available. I'll try a DL of an album of his late 40s-1951 material next month. Thanks Jeff. MG I have the Pablo and like it. I don't know the Verve - I guess it isn't in the Proper box I have. MG And there are , of course, the big band tracks with Machito on this one:

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