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Bradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire to the country, but predatory friends and relations dash his hopes of a peaceful retirement. He is tormented by his melancholic sister, who has decided to come live with him; his ex-wife, who has infuriating hopes of redeeming the past; her delinquent brother, who wants money and emotional confrontations; and Bradley's friend and rival, Arnold Baffin, a younger, deplorably more successful author of commercial fiction. The ever-mounting action includes marital cross-purposes, seduction, suicide, abduction, romantic idylls, murder, and due process of law. Bradley tries to escape from it all but fails, leading to a violent climax and a coda that casts shifting perspectives on all that has preceded.
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Praise for Iris Murdoch and The Black Prince
"One of her best . . . she offers an unusual compound of pleasures: ingenious storytelling, elegant design, the provocations of myth and philosophy." --Lawrence Graver, The New York Times "The most self-revelatory . . . of all her dark comedies." --The Guardian "[A] marvelous, heroic novel [and] a gloriously rich tale." --The Times (London) "A source of wonder and delight...No summary can do justice to the rich intricacy of character and incident with which Miss Murdoch crowds every page." --Spectator "This is great Murdoch . . . her humour is all the more achingly funny because she keeps it on the edge of our vision." --The Daily MailFrom the Publisher
It is witty and wise and provocative...brilliantly good' Evening Standard
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date1900
- ISBN 10 0142180114
- ISBN 13 9780142180112
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages448
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