An exploration of love and its excesses, missteps, and modest triumphs, from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The SeaIn 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.
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- ISBN10 0670305332
- ISBN13 9780670305339
- Publish Date 2 February 1970
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Viking Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 436
- Language English