The Abbess of Crewe Christopher Fowler They groom themselves meticulously

They groom themselves meticulously

there's going to be a terrible war

war-scarred and old enough to be Renata's father

or he can get rid of the body and pretend to get on with the rest of his life

ripping open the chests of young girls and stuffing hair into their mouths to resemble a beak

The Abbess of Crewe Christopher Fowler They groom themselves meticulouslyThe Abbess of Crewe is Muriel Spark's razor sharp, wickedly humorous and surreal satire of a real life political scandal reimagined within the claustrophobic walls of a convent. A steely, Machiavellian nun, secret surveillance, corruption, cloak and dagger plotting, rivalries and a rigged election all send the wonderful cast of characters into disarray as a chain of events unfold that become weirder and weirder.