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A Severed Head by Murdoch, Iris is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Severed Head about?
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 ...
Who reads A Severed Head?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Murdoch, Iris
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Published
- 1970
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780670001408
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, History, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.73 / 5 (3,166 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Een Afgehouwen Hoofd (2015)
- The sea, the sea : A severed head (2001)
- A Severed Head a Novel (2008)
- A Severed Head (proofread, corrected) (1964)
- A Severed Head: a Novel (1988)
- A Severed Head (1961)
- A Severed Head (1976)
- The Severed Head (1974)
- A Severed Head (1964)
- Une Tete Coupee (folio) (1988)
- A Severed Head : a Play in Three Acts (1961)
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