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Published: 6th January 2000
ISBN: 9780099283591
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In the English town of Ennistone hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, rightousness and ritual cleansing. To this town steeped in ancient lore and subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. He exerts an almost magical influence over a host of Ennistonians, and especially over George McCaffrey, the host of Ennistonians, and especially over George McCaffrey, the Philosophers old pupil, a demonic man desperate for redemption.
About the Author
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She went to Badminton School, Bristol, and read classics at Somerville College, Oxford. In 1948 she returned to Oxford where she became a fellow of St Anne's college.
Her first published novel, Under The Net, was selected in 2001 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.
Awarded the CBE in 1976, Iris Murdoch was made a DBE in the 1987 New Year's Honours List. She died in February 1999
"Marvellous.. Compulsive reading, hugely funny" * Spectator * "We are back, of course, with great delight, in the land of Iris Murdoch, which is like no other but Prospero's" * Sunday Telegraph * "The most daring and original of all her novels" -- A. N. Wilson "Never for a moment does one want to stop reading... I don't think Iris Murdoch has ever written better prose" * Daily Telegraph * "Ambitious, unique and ingeniously plotted" -- Joyce Carol Oates * New York Times *
ISBN: 9780099283591
ISBN-10: 009928359X
Series: Vintage Classics
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 576
Published: 6th January 2000
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 12.9
x 3.7
Weight (kg): 0.41
Edition Number: 1
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