The Sea, the Sea
by:
Mary Kinzie (author)
Iris Murdoch (author)
Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has...
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Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors-some real, some spectral-that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141186160 (014118616X)
ASIN: 014118616X
Publish date: March 1st 2001
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 495
Edition language: English
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Introduction--The Sea, The Sea
four, definitely four stars. how could i not read iris murdoch earlier?
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