~ A Fairly Honourable Defeat ~

Автор: Murdoch Iris
Издатели: Vintage books, год выпуска 2012
ISBN: 9780099285335
Год: 2012

Описание:
In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly.