A Fairly Honourable Defeat

by IrisMurdoch (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1972

  $4.93

• New

  Paperback
  2002

  $13.55

  In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly.