{"product_id":"9780099284093","title":"Iris Murdoch - The Sea, the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Iris Murdoch. Themes include Fiction, Classics, Literary, Psychological, Women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Arrowby has determined to spend the rest of his days in hermit-like contemplation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He buys a mysteriously damp house on the coast, far from the heady world of the theatre where he made his name, and there he swims in the sea, eats revolting meals and writes his memoirs. But then he meets his childhood sweetheart Hartley, and memories of her lovely, younger self crowd in - along with more recent lovers and friends - to disrupt his self-imposed exile. So instead of 'learning to be good', Charles proceeds to demonstrate how very bad he can be.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'It isn't all brainy fantasising in Murdochland; there's wild swimming, appalling sandwiches, death, madness and sex' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Dazzlingly entertaining and inventive' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWith An Introduction By Daisy Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e**Winner Of The Booker Prize**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58726868451702,"sku":null,"price":5.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780099284093.jpg?v=1789477137","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780099284093","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}