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The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch [Murdoch, Iris] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Black Prince about?
SUMMARY: Bradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire to the country, but predatory friends and relations dash his hopes of a peaceful retirement. He is tormented by his melancholic sister, who has decided to come live with him; his ex-wife, who has infuriating hopes of redeeming the past; her delinquent brother, who wants money and emotional confrontations; and Bradley's friend and rival, Arnold Baffin, a younger, deplorably more successful author of commercial fiction. The ever-mounting action includes marital cross-purposes, seduction, suicide, abduction, romantic idylls, murder, and due process of law. Bradley tries to escape from it all but fails, leading to a violent climax and a coda that casts shifting perspectives on all that has preceded. "Fertile invention is put to the service of an expansive sense of character; and since the book also has Miss Murdoch's usual narrative energy and intellectual weight, it is the best novel she has written in years." (The New York Times Book Review)
Who reads The Black Prince?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Iris Murdoch [Murdoch, Iris]
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.94 / 5 (2,834 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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