The Severed Head (Acting Edition S.) (The collected works of Iris Murdoch)

by Iris Murdoch

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This is one of Iris Murdoch's best-loved novels, now available in the Collected Edition, which was dramatized by J.B.Priestley and also filmed. Events adulterous, incestuous, violent and hilarious are combined aiming to make this a comic and enjoyable novel. Other titles in the Collected Edition include "The Bell" and "The Red and The Green". Iris Murdoch has won several awards including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Literary Award and The Booker McConnell Prize. She is also author of 30 books covering drama, philosophy and poetry and some 23 novels.
  • ISBN10 0701133341
  • ISBN13 9780701133344
  • Publish Date 4 August 1988 (first published 1 January 1961)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 27 June 2005
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Vintage Publishing
  • Imprint Chatto & Windus
  • Edition Collected ed
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 252
  • Language English