Under the Net (Vintage Classic Iris Murdoch) (Vintage Classics Murdoch) (Heritage of Literature S.)

by Iris Murdoch

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Iris Murdoch's debut—a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame

Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher.

Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose ‘philosophy’ he once presumptuously dared to interpret. These meetings involve Jake and his eccentric servant-companion, Finn, in a series of adventures that include the kidnapping of a film-star dog and a political riot on a film set of ancient Rome. Jake, fascinated, longs to learn Hugo’s secret. Perhaps Hugo’s secret is Hugo himself? Admonished, enlightened, Jake hopes at last to become a real writer.
  • ISBN10 0140014454
  • ISBN13 9780140014457
  • Publish Date 27 October 1977 (first published 1 January 1954)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 22 October 2004
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Penguin Books