Henry And Cato by Iris Murdoch - ISBN: 9780099429081
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Two prodigal sons return: can love save or destroy them?

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    368 pages

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    7 June 2002

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Summary

Henry and Cato is the story of two prodigal sons. Henry returns from a self-imposed exile in America to an unforeseen inheritance of wealth and land in England. He is also returning to his mother. His friend Cato is struggling with two ambiguous intermingled passions, one for a God who may or may not exist, the other for a petty criminal who may or may not be capable of salvation. Cato’s father and his sister Colette wait anxiously to welcome Cato back to sanity after his dubious escapades. H…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780099429081
ISBN-10:009942908X
Author:Iris Murdoch, Ignes Sodre
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:7 June 2002
Weight:257g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 21mm
Series:Vintage classics
About The Author

Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne’s College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.

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