In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, rightousness and ritual cleansing.
To this town steeped in ancient lore and subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. He exerts an almost magical influence over a host of Ennistonians, and especially over George McCaffrey, the Philosopher's old pupil, a demonic man desperate for redemption.
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Review:
"Marvellous.. Compulsive reading, hugely funny" (Spectator)
"We are back, of course, with great delight, in the land of Iris Murdoch, which is like no other but Prospero's" (Sunday Telegraph)
"The most daring and original of all her novels" (A. N. Wilson)
"Never for a moment does one want to stop reading... I don't think Iris Murdoch has ever written better prose" (Daily Telegraph)
"Ambitious, unique and ingeniously plotted" (Joyce Carol Oates New York Times)
Book Description:
A darkly comic story of creativity, conscience, rebirth and love, which displays all of Murdoch's virtuoso imagination and narrative genius.
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- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0517605392
- ISBN 13 9780517605394
- BindingHardcover
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