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First published in 1978, this is the story of Charles Arrowby who, retiring from his glittering London world in order to abjure magic and become a hermit turns to the sea: turbulent and leaden, transparent and opaque, magician and mother. But he finds his solitude is peopled by the drama of his own fantasies and obsessions,
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"One of the most ambitious tours de force in many years... There are pages one races through to see what happens. She is a virtuoso at description" (Daily Mail)
"She was a brilliantly clever woman" (Dame Judi Dench)
"There is no doubt in my mind that Iris Murdoch is one of the most important novelists now writing in English...The power of her imaginative vision, her intelligence and her awareness and revelation of human truth are quite remarkable" (The Times)
"A fabulous novel...funny and poignant and is arguably Murdoch's finest hour" (Gary Kemp Daily Express)
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"One of the most ambitious tours de force in many years... There are pages one races through to see what happens. She is a virtuoso at description" (Daily Mail)
"She was a brilliantly clever woman" (Dame Judi Dench)
"There is no doubt in my mind that Iris Murdoch is one of the most important novelists now writing in English...The power of her imaginative vision, her intelligence and her awareness and revelation of human truth are quite remarkable" (The Times)
"A fabulous novel...funny and poignant and is arguably Murdoch's finest hour" (Gary Kemp Daily Express)
'One of the best and most important writers writing in English-dazzlingly entertaining and inventive' The Times
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0701123397
- ISBN 13 9780701123390
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages512
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