Description
A Fairly Honourable Defeat follows a cynical intellectual who, driven by pride and a taste for manipulation, makes a cruel wager meant to prove a point about human nature. What begins as a calculated experiment spirals into a darkly comic chain of misunderstandings, moral compromises, and unintended consequences that ensnare everyone around him. Through sharp wit and psychologically astute storytelling, Iris Murdoch explores themes of self-deception, the ethics of power, and the fragile line between intellect and cruelty. Blending philosophical inquiry with novelistic suspense, this is a character-driven study of how easily “honourable” intentions can curdle into harm—and how defeat can still reveal uncomfortable truths.
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ebook
Random House Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2008
ISBN: 9781407054957
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Details
First Published
1970
Language
eng
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