by A. N. Wilson (Author)
A.N. Wilson had John Bayley as his tutor at Oxford, which is where he met Iris Murdoch. He remained a close friend of them both throughout her life and it was at Iris's pleading in 1988 that he agreed to write her biography. Bound to be controversial, Wilson pulls no punches in his view of the recent cinematic portrayal of Iris as a victim of Alzheimer's disease. Instead, he gives us back the fiercely intelligent novelist and philosopher, and shows us a relationship that was deeply loving yet profoundly eccentric and most uncoventional for its day.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Hutchinson
Published: 04 Sep 2003
ISBN 10: 0091742463
ISBN 13: 9780091742461