{"product_id":"the-book-and-the-brotherhood-9780140104707","title":"The Book and the Brotherhood","description":"\u003cb\u003eA story about love and friendship and Marxism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany years ago Gerard Hernshaw and his friends \"commissioned\" one of their number to write a political book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTime passes and opinions change. \"Why should we go on supporting a book which we detest?\" Rose Curtland asks. \"The brotherhood of Western intellectuals versus the book of history,\" Jenkin Riderhood suggests. The theft of a wife further embroils the situation. Moral indignation must be separated from political disagreement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTamar Hernshaw has a different trouble and a terrible secret. Can one die of shame? In another quarter a suicide pact seems the solution. Duncan Cambus thinks that since it is a tragedy, someone must die. Someone dies. Rose, who has gone on loving without hope, at least deserves a reward.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIris Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50844043870482,"sku":"9780140104707","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ae629ae6-b330-41c7-8db7-27ff21e7d167.jpg?v=1737308381","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-and-the-brotherhood-9780140104707","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}