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The Black Prince

The Black Prince

by Candia Mcwilliam (Introduction), Iris Murdoch (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

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    Paperback 1975

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Synopsis

"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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 432
 Edition: New e.
 Publisher: Vintage Classics
Published: 01 Aug 1999
ISBN 10: 0099283999
ISBN 13: 9780099283997
Book Overview: 'It is witty and wise and provocative...brilliantly good' Evening Standard

Media Reviews
- Shortlisted for the Booker Prize - With an Introduction by Candia McWilliam - A source of wonder and delight... No summary can do justice to the rich intricacy of character and incident with which Miss Murdoch crowds every page. -- Spectator - This is great Murdoch. It rings as clear as The Bell ... her humour is all the more achingly funny because she keeps it on the edge of our vision. -- Daily Mail
Author Bio
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She went to Badminton School, Bristol and read classics at Somerville College, Oxford. In 1948 she returned to Oxford where she became a fellow of St Anne's college. One of this century's finest and most influential novelists, and a distinguished philosopher, she was published by Chatto from her first novel, Under the Net in 1954 to her last, Jackson's Dilemma in 1995. Awarded the CBE in 1976, Iris Murdoch was made a DBE in the 1987 New Year's Honours List. She died in February 1999.