A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch
A darkly comic, psychologically acute tale about a tight-knit circle whose private lives are systematically destabilized when a charismatic outsider initiates manipulative schemes that provoke affairs, rivalries and a fatal unraveling; the novel probes love, power, moral responsibility and self-deception through sharp dialogue and philosophical insight, showing how petty jealousies and idealistic pretensions can produce unintended, devastating consequences.
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- Published
- 1970
- Nationality
- British
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- Unknown
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- Unknown
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
- - A Fairly Honorable Defeat
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