A Severed Head
Iris Murdoch
205 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0670001406
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Language: English
Publish: -200419200000
20th CenturyBritish LiteratureClassicsFictionIrelandLiterary FictionLiteratureModern ClassicsNovelsWomens
As macabre as a Jacobean tragedy, as frivolous as a Restoration comedy, Iris Murdoch’s fifth novel takes sombre themes – adultery, incest, castration, violence and suicide – and yet succeeds in making of them a book that is brilliantly enjoyable.