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Nuns and Soldiers

Iris Murdoch author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:5th Jul '01

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A romantic tangle, and a web of ideas and emotions from one of the twentieth century's greatest novelists.

Gertrude has lost her husband and Anne, an ex-nun, her God. They plan to live together and do good works. The 'Count', a Polish man in exile watches over Gertrude with loving patience. Tim, a failed painter, plans with his punk girlfriend to live off his rich friends. Who will judge whom in this intricate pattern of love and deceit?Gertrude has lost her husband and Anne, an ex-nun, her God. They plan to live together and do good works. Meanwhile a cohort of interested parties circle. The 'Count', a Polish man in exile watches over Gertrude with loving patience. Tim, a failed painter, plans with his punk girlfriend to live off his rich friends. Who will judge whom in this intricate pattern of love and deceit? Who will behave well and who badly? Who will be lucky?

A power of intellect quite exceptional in a novelist * Sunday Times *
She is incapable of writing without fascinating and beautiful colour * The Times *

ISBN: 9780099285359

Dimensions: 197mm x 129mm x 33mm

Weight: 379g

544 pages