Alan Taylor’s Appointment In Arezzo: A Friendship With Muriel Spark, an account of his relationship with Spark in her later life. A notoriously private woman, the book is a fascinating insight into how she viewed the world, and how the world in turn viewed her. Taylor makes it clear that what many thought reclusive behaviour was actually a consequence of not really giving a damn what others thought of her. A truly international citizen, while retaining a love for Scotland, an