An Accidental Man
by:
Iris Murdoch (author)
Austin Gibson Grey, an American living in London, blames fate when he is drafted during the Vietnam War.
Austin Gibson Grey, an American living in London, blames fate when he is drafted during the Vietnam War.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140036114 (0140036113)
Publish date: March 1st 1988
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
"An Accidental Man" is the first book I've read by Iris Murdoch, and it exceeded my expectations enormously. The plot by itself was structured well, but I think the most impressive aspect of this novel was the character development. In less than four hundred pages, Murdoch involves a wide "menagerie...
A complex book with many characters, not one of whom is both sane and likeable, and many who are neither! There is no single main character or even a main plot, yet lots happens (which makes you keep reading), but in some ways, nothing does (which makes it frustrating).An odd mixture of conventional...
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