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The Philosopher's Pupil

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Description for The Philosopher's Pupil paperback. In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, rightousness and ritual cleansing. To this town steeped in ancient lore and subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. This book deals with this topic. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 36. Weight in Grams: 400.

In the English town of Ennistone, hot springs bubble up from deep beneath the earth. In these healing waters the townspeople seek health and regeneration, rightousness and ritual cleansing.

To this town steeped in ancient lore and subterranean inspiration the Philosopher returns. He exerts an almost magical influence over a host of Ennistonians, and especially over George McCaffrey, the Philosopher's old pupil, a demonic man desperate for redemption.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099283591
SKU
9780099283591
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Ref
99-1

About Murdoch
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death ... Read more

Reviews for The Philosopher's Pupil
Marvellous.. Compulsive reading, hugely funny
Spectator
We are back, of course, with great delight, in the land of Iris Murdoch, which is like no other but Prospero's
Sunday Telegraph
The most daring and original of all her novels
A. N. Wilson Never for a moment does one want to stop reading... I don't think Iris ... Read more

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