Add this copy of Iris Murdoch as I Knew Her to cart. $23.01, new condition, Sold by Robin Books rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Kingston, ON, CANADA, published 2003 by Hutchinson Radius.
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New. Hardcover New Ships From Canada New in new dust jacket Sewn binding Cloth over boards 384 p Contains: Illustrations Audience: General/trade Book Description: A brilliant, controversial and insightful biography from the author of the universally acclaimed The Victorians AN Wilson s tutor at Oxford was John Bayley, and it was there that Wilson met Irish Murdoch He remained a close friend of them both, and it was at Iris s pleading in 1988 that he agreed to write her biography The biography was bound to be controversial, and Wilson pulls no punches in his attack on Bayley s own book on Iris and the portrayal of her as an Alzheimer s victim Instead, he gives us back the fiercely intelligent novelist and philosopher, and shows us a relationship that was deeply loving yet profoundly eccentric, and very unconventional for its day From the Back Cover: Praise for The Victorians: The best single-volume work on the Victorian age yet written--Evening Standard A masterpiece of popular history--
