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Joseph O’Neill Reads Muriel Spark

The New Yorker: Fiction

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The Ormolu Clock

Joseph O'Neill reads the ormolu clock by Muriel Spark. The story is set in the Austrian Alps near the Yugoslav border. It involves a rivalry between two neighboring guest houses. Ormolu means ground gold and refers to an abandoned process of gilding.

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