Through the spiritual trials of two troubled stepbrothers, Iris Murdoch conducts an inventive allegorical exploration of morality

The Book and the Brotherhood
Written by Iris Murdoch
- Shortlisted
- The Booker Prize 1987
- Published by Chatto & Windus
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Iris Murdoch explores the fragility of relationships. Thirty years is plenty of time for friends to change their opinions. Not least of each other
At a midsummer ball at Oxford a close-knit group of men and women - friends since university days - have gathered to dance under the stars. Years ago, they had clubbed together to finance one of their number to write a political and philosophical book. On this summer evening, events at the ball spark a crisis, and by the night’s end the vindictive ghosts of the past have effectively invaded the present.
Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin and made her writing debut with Under the Net in 1954. She wrote 26 novels and several books of philosophy
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