Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch (15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999)

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Iris Murdoch was a British author whose work explored political, social and moral questions.  She produced over 25 novels, and died in 1999 after suffering from Alzheimer’s for several years.  Further biographical information can be found on Wikipedia.  Murdoch won the Booker Prize in 1978 for The Sea, The Sea.  Five other books were shortlisted for the Booker Prize:

• The Book and the Brotherhood
• The Good Apprentice
• The Black Prince
• Bruno’s Dream
• The Nice and the Good

Reviews of Iris Murdoch’s work (in order of publication):

• The Bell (1958) , read September 2010
• A Severed Head (1961) , read February 2009
• The Nice and the Good (1968) , read March 2011
• Bruno’s Dream (1969) , read April 2011
• The Black Prince  (1973) , read August 2011
• The Sea, the Sea (1978) , read February 2008
• The Good Apprentice (1985) (DNF), read September 2011
• The Book and the Brotherhood (1987) , read October 2011

I’ve also read:

• The Sandcastle
• An Accidental Man