A Fairly Honourable Defeat

Iris Murdoch, Peter Reed


Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
3.93 · 14 ratings · 432 pages · Published: 10 Apr 1970

A Fairly Honourable Defeat by Iris Murdoch, Peter Reed
In a 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.

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