Description
In 1980s England, a close circle of Oxford graduates reunites and tests the bonds of friendship as ideals, ambition, and ideology collide. When the group decides to bankroll one member’s attempt to write a radical Marxist manifesto, their private loyalties and public convictions become inseparable—raising questions about what it means to believe, to persuade, and to belong. Blending intellectual debate with personal stakes, the story explores themes of political commitment, moral responsibility, and the ways ideas can both illuminate and distort human relationships. With its sharp, reflective sensibility and Murdock’s distinctive focus on thought, character, and ethical complexity, the novel offers a compelling portrait of a “brotherhood” built as much on language and longing as on doctrine.
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hardcover
Viking
Published Jan 1, 1988
607 pages
ISBN: 9780670819126
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First Published
1987
Language
eng
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