
Iris Murdoch
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2 weeks ago |
thebookerprizes.com | Iris Murdoch |Paul Murray |Charlotte Mendelson |Mark Haddon
Featuring the tragicomic adventures of a host of eccentric misfits, these beguiling books will appeal to fans of Wes Anderson – a film director known as a bibliophile as well as an auteur Written by Helen Babbs Publication date and time: Published May 23, 2025If you were to write a checklist of what makes Wes Anderson’s film style so distinctive, it would have to include books. They’re a big deal in almost all his movies and many of his characters are writers or storytellers of some sort.
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Jul 1, 2024 |
thebookerprizes.com | Iris Murdoch |Molly Keane |Timothy Mo |Ian McEwan
Looking for a book to put a smile on your face? We’ve trawled the Booker Prize archives in search of the wittiest works, from biting social satire to family farce Written by John Self Publication date and time: Published July 1, 2024You might have concluded from some recent Booker Prize winners that great novels aren’t funny any more.
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Jan 2, 2024 |
thebookerprizes.com | Iris Murdoch |Molly Keane |Timothy Mo |Ian McEwan
Looking to start the year with a book to put a smile on your face? We’ve trawled the Booker Prize archives in search of the wittiest works, from biting social satire to family farce Written by John Self Publication date and time: Published January 2, 2024You might have concluded from some recent Booker Prize winners that great novels aren’t funny any more.
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Nov 9, 2023 |
thebookerprizes.com | Iris Murdoch
Reading Iris Murdoch is easy: you start by ignoring her reputation. At least this was my experience, having expected this high-minded philosopher-novelist’s books to be stodgy and remote, animated not by story or characters, but by ideas. This could not have been more wrong. Murdoch’s books are not worthy or dull in the least: dull is the opposite of what they are. Her novels are clever, yes, and ambitious, yet they are not the opposite of popular fiction, but an elevation of it.
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Nov 7, 2023 |
thebookerprizes.substack.com | Iris Murdoch
Throughout November, we’re celebrating our latest Book of the Month – Iris Murdoch’s The Black Prince, where ex-tax collector and author of two unpopular novels, Bradley Pearson, wishes to devote his retirement to writing a masterpiece. Part metafictional thriller, part love story, Murdoch’s novel was shortlisted for the 1973 Booker Prize and is now widely regarded as her best work.
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