{"product_id":"the-philosophers-pupil","title":"The Philosopher's Pupil","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Murdoch, Iris\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 01-02-2000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099283591\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description      \u003cbr\u003e\nIn 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. \u003cbr\u003e\nTo 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n      Review      \u003cbr\u003e\nMarvellous.. Compulsive reading, hugely funny ―\u003cbr\u003e\nSpectator\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWe are back, of course, with great delight, in the land of Iris Murdoch, which is like no other but Prospero's ―\u003cbr\u003e\nSunday Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe most daring and original of all her novels -- A. N. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNever for a moment does one want to stop reading... I don't think Iris Murdoch has ever written better prose ―\u003cbr\u003e\nDaily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAmbitious, unique and ingeniously plotted -- Joyce Carol Oates ―\u003cbr\u003e\nNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\n      About the Author      \u003cbr\u003e\nIris 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 in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.\u003cbr\u003e\nIris Murdoch made her writing debut in 1954 with Under the Net. Her twenty-six novels include the Booker prize-winning The Sea, The Sea (1978), the James Tait Black Memorial prize-winning The Black Prince (1973) and the Whitbread prize-winning The Sacred and Profane Love Machine (1974). Her philosophy includes Sartre: Romantic Rationalist (1953) and Metaphysics as a Guide to Morals (1992); other philosophical writings, including 'The Sovereignty of Good' (1970), are collected in Existentialists and Mystics (1997).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780099283591\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.7 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49114394132784,"sku":"Prakash_9780099283591","price":639.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/vintage-classics-book-default-title-the-philosopher-s-pupil-38853703893296.jpg?v=1753014273","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-philosophers-pupil","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}