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Gertrude has lost her husband and Anne, an ex-nun, her god. Who will judge whom in this rich and riveting story? Who will act nobly, and who will act basely? And who will be lucky? --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was one of the most influential British writers of the twentieth century. She was awarded the 1978 Booker Prize for The Sea, The Sea, won the Royal Society Literary Award in 1987, and was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 by Queen Elizabeth. Her final years were clouded by a long struggle with Alzheimer's before her passing in 1999.
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