The Company She Keeps

Mary McCarthy’s debut collection of short stories caused a sensation in 1942 and is no less vibrant today * Guardian *McCarthy may be best known for The Group but her debut novel made nearly as much of a splash when [first] published in 1942 … A jagged diamond of a book, the multifaceted parts giving a glimpse of a brilliant but fractured whole * Observer *McCarthy exposes the complex psychological workings of a brilliant, tortured and manipulative mind … Could have been written today. Timeless, brilliant and frighteningly insightful * Daily Mail *A consummate piece of work – Norman MailerClever, witty, polished * New York Times *

Mary McCarthy (1912-1989) was born in Seattle, Washington. She was a short-story writer, bestselling novelist, essayist and an art critic. She was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and won the National Medal for Literature and the Edward MacDowell Medal in 1984. Her debut novel, The Company She Keeps (1942), initiated her ascent to the most celebrated writers of her generation; the publication of her autobiography Memories of a Catholic Girlhood in 1957 bolstered this reputation. McCarthy wrote more than twenty-four books, including the now-classic novel The Group (1963). This was the New York Times Best Seller for two years.

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