A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch

In a dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly. This 1972 Penguin Books Ltd Paperback is in fair condition. Cover and spine worn with fading and creasing. Pages tanned.

ISBN: 9780140033328 SKU: 1539856 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1539856
Location: Fiction