Good Apprentice, the

Murdoch, Iris

ISBN 10: 0670809403 / ISBN 13: 9780670809400

Edité par Viking, 1986

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6.75 X 8.5 x 1 inches. Publisher Viking Adult (January 20, 1986)Language EnglishHARDBOUND 522 pages ISBN-10 0670809403 ISBN-13 978-0670809400Item Weight 1.95 poundsDimensions 6.75 X 8.5 x 1 inches. Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition, 3rd Edition Printing. Text/Bright, clean HAS NO SPINE CREASES. Softcover/VG; sound w/light edge wear, fain. A tragiscomedy of seeking to be good---Edward Baltram seeks atonement for causing his best friend's death, while step-brother Stuart Cuno wants to be good, like a priest, but without God. At Seegard, a beautiful and ambiguous house of enlightenment , Edward meets his natural father, and Stuart plays a role. Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919 of Anglo-Irish parents. She is the author of 26 novels and several works of philosophy. Among her many honours and awards are the CBE, the DBE, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Whitbread Literary Award and the Booker Prize. She died in 1999.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Good Apprentice, the
• Éditeur: Viking
• Date de parution: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0670809403
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780670809400
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette
• Type de livre: BOOK

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Synopsis

The Good Apprentice. Painting on front jacket by Kent Williams 8vo. pp. 522. . Ottimo (Fine). . Prima ed. americana (First American Edition). [Tartarus, 2007].

Présentation de l'éditeur

Edward Baltram is overwhelmed with guilt. His nasty little prank has gone horribly wrong: He has fed his closest friend a sandwich laced with a hallucinogenic drug and the young man has fallen out of a window to his death. Edward searches for redemption through a reunion with his famous father, the reclusive painter Jesse Baltram. Funny and compelling, The Good Apprentice is at once a supremely sophisticated entertainment and an inquiry into the spiritual crises that afflict the modern world.

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