num_pages: 286
description: Introduction by Kiernan RyanIris Murdoch’s first novel is a gem -- set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a likable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging off his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures.
language: English
title: Under the Net
titlecomplete: Under the Net
characters: Samuel Starfield (Sammy), Sadie Quentin, Hugo Belfounder, Lefty Todd, Dave Gelman, Peter O'Finney (Finn), James Donaghue (Jake), Magdalen Casement (Madge), Mrs Tinckham, Anna Quentin
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics, Novels, Irish Literature, Philosophy, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 14685
places: London, England, Paris
publisher: Vintage