What: In Kensington immediately after World War II, a highly varied group of young women live at The May of Teck Club. The Girls of Slender Means features anarchists, Jesuits, journalists, a single Schiaparelli gown, and a highly significant lavatory window.
Comparable to: It pairs nicely with Loitering with Intent, another of Muriel Spark's novels.
Opening lines: "Long ago in 1945 all the nice people in England were poor, allowing for exceptions."
Representative quote: "As they realised themselves in varying degrees, few people alive at that time were more delightful, more ingenious, more movingly lovely, and, as it might happen, more savage, than the girls of slender means."
How to get it: Buyable, borrowable, Kindle-able.
Connections to previous Wreckage: Loitering with Intent was Rec. #13. Other books by Muriel Spark include Open to the Public (Rec. #107) and Aiding and Abetting (Rec. #220).
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