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9780141186177
"At times, Murdoch's plot comes dangerously close to resembling a television situation-comedy--all is contrived, hence not very significant; all is rhetorical rather than truly emotional, hence a little exasperating....Why does Iris Murdoch continue to write novels in which empty people are emptily manipulated, when her talent and intelligence could so obviously be tested in the creation of real fiction?"Murdoch, Iris is the author of 'Fairly Honourable Defeat', published 2001 under ISBN 9780141186177 and ISBN 0141186178.
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