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The Green Knight Paperback - 1995
by Iris Murdoch
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- Paperback
From the nationally acclaimed author of The Book of the Brotherhood comes a magnificently crafted and magical novel which explores biblical and medieval themes in a contemporary London setting. "Enthralling . . . its sensuousness, its visionary physical detail, is a pleasure".--San Francisco Chronicle.
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- Title The Green Knight
- Author Iris Murdoch
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used: Good
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin (Non-Classics), E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-01-01
- Bookseller's Inventory # SONG0140243372
- ISBN 9780140243376 / 0140243372
- Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 7.81 x 5.08 x 1.13 in (19.84 x 12.90 x 2.87 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 980
- Library of Congress subjects London (England), Brothers - England - London
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 93030618
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Summary
Full of suspense, humor, and symbolism, this magnificently crafted and magical novel replays biblical and medieval themes in contemporary London. An attempt by the sharp, feral, and uncommonly intelligent Lucas Graffe to murder his sensual and charismatic half-brother Clement is interrupted by a strangerwhom Lucas strikes and leaves for dead. When the stranger mysteriously reappears, with specific demands for reparation, the Graffes’ circle of idiosyncratic family and friends is disruptedfor the demands are bizarre, intrusive, and ultimately fatal.
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- Publishers Weekly, 11/28/1994, Page 0