The Unicorn
by:
Iris Murdoch (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670740772 (0670740772)
Publisher: Viking Books
Pages no: 311
Edition language: English
i can't say i loved it but i will say i read it months ago, and it has stayed with me. while i read it, it haunted me. yes, the characters are for the most part preposterous, and yet... i love the old professor. --it's now been years, and it's still haunting me. i think i will re-read this again in ...
Like a mix of PG Wodehouse and English country house mystery on West End stage, with religious symbolism (unicorn=purity) thrown in. Unsettlingly creepy, but subtle and thought-provoking.