Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) is the author of twenty-six novels, including Under the Net, The Black Prince, and The Sea, The Sea, as well as several plays and a volume of poetry. Murdoch taught philosophy at Oxford before leaving to write fulltime, winning such literary awards as the Booker Prize and the PEN Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.
"Vivid . . . discriminating prose." --The New York Times"Marvelous
. . . riveting . . . fine and elegant." --The Los Angeles Times
Praise for Iris Murdoch
"Murdoch was the rare kind of great, buoyant, confident writer who
could drive the whole machine. She was as in touch with animal
instincts as intellectual ones." --Dwight Garner, The New York
Times
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