A Fairly Honourable Defeat
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: E-book
ISBN-13: 9781407054957; 9781407074955
Description: 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.