A Severed Head (Paperback, [New Ed.])

A wonderful black comedy which was turned into a play and also filmed. A group of London intellectuals living in an emotionless society find their primitive passions stirred into action by an intruder. (Kirkus UK)

Martin Lynch-Gibbon believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover.But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendour at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. As his Medusa informs him, 'this is nothing to do with happiness'.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2001
First published:	1961
Authors:	Iris Murdoch
Introduction by:	Miranda Seymour
Dimensions:	198 x 130 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	208
Edition:	[New Ed.]
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-928536-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-09-928536-3
Barcode:	9780099285366

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