Acting Edition S. Series

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CANDIA MCWILLIAM

The Black Prince is both a remarkable thriller and a story about being in love.

Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations - his ex-wife, her delinquent brother, a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold Baffin, Baffin's restless wife and engaging daughter - Bradley attempts to escape. His failure to do so and its aftermath lead to a violent climax and a most unexpected conclusion.

The Severed Head

by Iris Murdoch

Published 1 January 1961

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.