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A severed head

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As macabre as a Jacobean tragedy, as frivolous as a Restoration comedy, Iris Murdoch's fifth novel takes sombre themes - adultery, incest, castration, violence and suicide - and yet succeeds in making of them a book that is brilliantly enjoyable.

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A severed head, Iris Murdoch

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1976
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Language
English
Publisher
Penguin Books
Released
1976
Format
Paperback
Pages
208
ISBN10
0140020039
ISBN13
9780140020038
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First published
1961
Original title
A Severed Head
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As macabre as a Jacobean tragedy, as frivolous as a Restoration comedy, Iris Murdoch's fifth novel takes sombre themes - adultery, incest, castration, violence and suicide - and yet succeeds in making of them a book that is brilliantly enjoyable.