Under the net
by Iris Murdoch · first published 1954
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Iris Murdoch's first novel.Iris Murdoch's first novel is a gem - solid and sparkling. Set in a part of London, where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging on his friends. Meeting again, after some years, an old flame, Anna, he is led into a series of fantastic adventures. Iris Murdoch has wit, great power of invention and a knack for producing absurd incidents with a serious undertone and tender episodes with
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Well, Under the Net, mentioned in the review, was her first novel. I thought it was pretty good.
on “Why Iris Murdoch Matters” ↗…a few places along the river. I hate contingency. I want everything in my life to have a sufficient reason. Dave lived west of Earls Court, and this was another thing I had against him. Iris Murdoch Under the net, Chatto & Windus, 1954
on “For Iris Murdoch, morality is about love, not duties and rules” ↗