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The Green Knight

Iris Murdoch

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In a small circle of friends in London, some disturbing occurrences are taking place: Lucas Graffe, a reclusive academic, kills a man in self-defense, and disappears immediately after the trial, leaving his brother, the charismatic actor Clement Graffe, tortured by his absence. Their friend Bellamy James rids himself of all ties and possessions, even giving away his beloved dog. Yearning for simplicity and purification, he prepares himself for a monastic life. And outside Clifton, the house where the widowed Louise Anderson lives with her three eccentric daughters, a very peculiar man is watching. Lucas finally returns, and during his reunion with his brother they happen to receive a surprising visitor. It soon becomes clear to the Graffes and their friends that there is a complex mission to fulfill, of revenge, but also of transformation. Rich, enthralling, full of humor and suspense, Iris Murdoch's magnificent new novel illuminates the complexities of guilt and innocence, malice and compassion. It is a triumphant work from one of our greatest writers.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Publish Date: Jan 1st, 1995
  • Pages: 480
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.81in - 5.08in - 1.13in - 0.84lb
  • EAN: 9780140243376
  • Recommended age: 18-UP
  • Categories: • Historical - General• Literary

About the Author

Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.

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Isaac Butler is a writer.

@tripleblip @mervatim There's a very funny sequence in Iris Murdoch's The Green Knight where the book's most wide-eyed innocent gets assaulted by swans

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•GA artist •intersectional feminist •learner •quant •hsp •ilove Iris Murdoch •loud heavy music •prog policy •Virtue ethics in the streets, virtuoso in the deets

“I wonder if it’s harder to be good in this age?” “What was to change many lives happened, and happened very fast in the next moments.” -Iris Murdoch, The Green Knight (1993) https://t.co/BaQSfxnPce

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Native Californian. Constant reader, occasional writer, former teacher. Quotes are mostly from what I’m reading. #MelvilleMonday

“You don’t realise you’re in clover. Relax. Work, think, learn languages, read books, read poetry, write poetry, attract people, make lots of eternal friendships, parade your beauty. Youth is a great green field. Romp in it.” Iris Murdoch The Green Knight

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Praise for this book

"A tour de force . . . One puts down this novel with a feeling of having feasted at a table of great ideas."--Los Angeles Times

"This is as enthralling a web as [Murdoch] has ever spun, and its sensuousness, its visionary physical detail, is a pleasure."--San Francisco Chronicle

"Her most emotionally gripping novel yet . . . built around Manichaean juxtapositions of good and evil, love and power, celebration and passion, light and dark."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: Isaac Butler (he/him)
Isaac Butler (he/him)
@parabasis
3 years

Isaac Butler is a writer.

@tripleblip @mervatim There's a very funny sequence in Iris Murdoch's The Green Knight where the book's most wide-eyed innocent gets assaulted by swans

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Mentioner image for: Carley Carden
Carley Carden
@CarleyCarden
3 years

•GA artist •intersectional feminist •learner •quant •hsp •ilove Iris Murdoch •loud heavy music •prog policy •Virtue ethics in the streets, virtuoso in the deets

“I wonder if it’s harder to be good in this age?” “What was to change many lives happened, and happened very fast in the next moments.” -Iris Murdoch, The Green Knight (1993) https://t.co/BaQSfxnPce

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