The Book and the Brotherhood
$48.92
- Paperback
608 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1989
Summary
A story about love, friendship, and Marxism.
Many years ago, Gerard Hernshaw and his friends “commissioned” one of their number to write a political book. Time passes, and opinions change. “Why should we go on supporting a book which we detest?” Rose Curtland asks. “The brotherhood of Western intellectuals versus the book of history,” Jenkin Riderhood suggests. The theft of a wife further embroils the situation. Moral indignation must be separated from political disagreement.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140104707 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140104704 |
| Author: | Iris Murdoch |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 608 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1989 |
| Weight: | 446g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Penguin fiction |
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About The Author
Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne’s College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.
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