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Title:AN ACCIDENTAL MAN a Novel
Price:AUD$30.00 (about USD$19.60)
Item ID:MA00-10378
Quantity:1
Publisher:The Viking Press, New York, 1972
Binding:Hard Cover
Condition:Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
The Viking Press, 1972, Hard Cover, Book Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

442pp; Ludwig, a young American in London, drafted for a war he condemns, engaged to a girl he adores, presented with the job of his dreams, wrestles desperately with his conscience. Ought he to be happy or martyred? Is he a scholar or a protester? Is love a solution or a problem? Matthew, elderly diplomat and collector of rare porcelain, comes home to difficulties too. Can he at last persuade his younger brother to stop poisoning both their lives with murderous hatred? Or is Matthew's kindness just a new exercise of power? Can Matthew and Ludwig help each other? Can they even understand each other? There are plenty of charming women who want to help everybody. This is a tale of fatal good intentions, of comic-tragic muddle, and of the long, obscure, fallible struggle of conscientious men. It is also the story of how to live and be blessed by egoism alone. It is Iris Murdoch's longest and most brilliant novel, very serious, very funny.; 220 x 145mm
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