A Severed Head: A Play in Three Acts
Iris Murdoch
108 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 0701109858
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Language: English
Publish: -189360000000
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.