Under the Net - Iris Murdoch Engelse boeken Scott Fitzgerald's gift for the

Scott Fitzgerald's gift for the short story form

an unabashed celebration of gay sexuality

De Pillecyn baseerde zich voor deze novelle op een waargebeurd verhaal dat hem verteld werd toen hij leraar was in Malmedy

Few writers have expressed loneliness

de liefde die ze hun onthield

Under the Net - Iris Murdoch Engelse boeken Scott Fitzgerald's gift for theIris Murdoch's first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging on his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder, whose