You know how some jazz can make you feel like you've taken drugs even though you may have never taken drugs in your life? This short [a:Muriel Spark|13093|Muriel Spark|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1342563799p2/13093.jpg] novel made me think of that. It made me feel like I was on an acid trip or that I was losing my mind. Not in an awful way that would lead me to recommend against reading this, though.
 It's trippy without being made up of awful "experimental" language or anything. Spark also wrote [b:The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie|517188|The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie|Muriel Spark|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1696970356l/517188.SY75.jpg|6132856], which I read a few years ago and most know from the 1969 movie that starred Maggie Smith. As much as I liked that book, I found this one more memorable.