A Fairly Honourable Defeat - Iris Murdoch Saskia Peterzon-Kotte 'Mont Blanc' and 'Ode to

'Mont Blanc' and 'Ode to the West Wind'

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drunks and prostitutes

Het dagboek is voor hen een schuilplaats waarin ze zich terugtrekken en vervreemden van de wereld

A Fairly Honourable Defeat - Iris Murdoch Saskia Peterzon-Kotte 'Mont Blanc' and 'Ode toEveryone is thinking about Julius King. For comfortable, long married Hilda and Rupert, he is a mystery. For Morgan, Hilda's tormented sister, he is an obsession. For Morgan's abandoned husband, Tallis, he is the source of ruin. For Simon and Axel, deeply in love, he stirs up jealousy and unease. What is Julius thinking about? He's thinking about Hilda, Rupert, Morgan, Tallis, Simon and Axel, and they will not all survive his malevolent attention.