An Accidental Man - Softcover

Murdoch, Iris

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140036113 ISBN 13: 9780140036114

Publisher: Penguin, 1973

Synopsis

A scintillating novel of fate, accidents, and moral dilemmas Set in the time of the Vietnam War, this story concerns the plight of a young American, happily installed in a perfect job in England, engaged to a wonderful girl, who is suddenly drafted to a war he disapproves of. What is duty here, what is self-interest, what is cowardice? Austin Gibson Grey, the accidental man of the title, is accident-prone, also prone to bring disaster to his friend sand relations. He blames fate. But are we not all accidental, one of his victims asks. Fate and accidents make deep moral dilemmas for the characters in the long and complex tale.

About this title

Review:

"Iris Murdoch has imposed her alternative world on us as surely as Christopher Columbus or Graham Greene."--Victoria Glendinning in the Sunday Times (London)

Book Description:

'Of the novelists who have made their bow since the war she seems to me to be the most remarkable' Raymond Mortimer

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0140036113
• ISBN 13: 9780140036114
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448