{"product_id":"the-book-and-the-brotherhood-paperback","title":"The Book and the Brotherhood - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIris Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA story about love and friendship and Marxism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany years ago Gerard Hernshaw and his friends \"commissioned\" one of their number to write a political book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime passes and opinions change. \"Why should we go on supporting a book which we detest?\" Rose Curtland asks. \"The brotherhood of Western intellectuals versus the book of history,\" Jenkin Riderhood suggests. The theft of a wife further embroils the situation. Moral indignation must be separated from political disagreement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTamar Hernshaw has a different trouble and a terrible secret. Can one die of shame? In another quarter a suicide pact seems the solution. Duncan Cambus thinks that since it is a tragedy, someone must die. Someone dies. Rose, who has gone on loving without hope, at least deserves a reward.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIris Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 7.71 x 5.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1989\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755019829536,"sku":"9780140104707","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c69300eb0a6020373d59f3eb53a976b2.webp?v=1780048429","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-book-and-the-brotherhood-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}