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''Symposium'' is a novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark, published in 1990. It was regarded by John Mortimer writing in ''The Sunday Times'' as one of the best novels of that year.〔rear flyleaf of ''Reality and Dreams'' by Muriel Spark, 1st edition publ. 1996 by Constable ISBN 0-09-469670-5〕 ==Plot introduction== It is the story of a dinner party and the events leading up to it involving the lives of the five couples attending: * Hurley Reed (an American painter) and Chris Donovan (a rich Australian widow), the party hosts * Lord and Lady Suzy, who have recently been burgled * Ernst and Ella Untzinger, an EU commissioner and his wife, a teacher * Margaret and William Damien, newlyweds just returned from a honeymoon in Venice * Annabel Treece and Roland Sykes, a TV producer and genealogist, cousins The story includes many flashbacks into the lives of the guests including a convent of Marxist nuns, a burglary ring preying on the guests, a mad Scottish uncle and several unexplained deaths. The dinner party itself ends with the murder of the mother of one of the guests... 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Symposium (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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