The Book and the Brotherhood (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Iris Murdoch
- First Published: 1987
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Intellectuals, Power, personal or social, Politics, Socialism, Twentieth century, Authors or writers, Friendship, 1980’s, Books, Novelists, Learning or scholarship
- Locales: London, England
Although the book gets off to a slow, seemingly pointless start and concludes on what may be a note of unearned hopefulness, nearly everything in between is flawlessly written--no mean achievement given the novel’s great length and even greater complexity.
THE BOOK AND THE BROTHERHOOD concerns a group of men and women who became close while at Oxford University in the 1950’s but who now, having arrived at middle age, find themselves lacking that sense of purpose which had given their lives such meaning and intensity thirty years before. It was then that they agreed to use...
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