Under The Net - Vintage Classics Murdoch Series

VINTAGE CLASSIC MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels.'This is real life, Jake,' she said. 'You'd better wake up.'Jake is clever, lazy and scraping by in London as a hack translator. Jake loves Anna. Anna is an elusive and lovely singer. Anna loves Hugo. Hugo is a fireworks manufacturer turned movie producer and majestic philosopher. Hugo loves Sadie. Sadie is a glossy and dazzling film starlet. Of course, Sadie loves Jake. Then there's Marvellous Mister Mars, the famous hound, who might or might not be Jake's ticket up and out of this mess.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Mendelson, Iris Murdoch
• Assisted by: Charlotte Mendelson (Introduction), Mendelson Charlotte (Introduction), Kiernan Ryan (Introduction)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781784875213
• ISBN: 978-1-78487-521-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 178 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Vintage Classic Iris Murdoch Series; Vintage Classics; Vintage Classic Iris Murdoch Series; Vintage Classics Murdoch Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Narrative theme: Interior life, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1970 to c 1979, Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945), FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century, FICTION / World Literature / Ireland / 20th Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Classic fiction: general and literary