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The Good Apprentice

The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch
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A sly, witty, and beautifully orchestrated tale about the difficulty of being good


Edward Baltram is overwhelmed with guilt. His nasty little prank has gone horribly wrong: he has fed his closest friend a sandwich laced with a hallucinogenic drug and the young man has fallen out of a window to his death. Consumed with guilt, Edward experiences a debilitating crisis of conscience. While Edward torments himself for not being good, his stepbrother, Stuart, a brilliant mathematics student, quits his promising scholastic career to live like a monk, devoting himself to the difficult task of becoming good. As Stuart seeks salvation, Edward searches for redemption through a reunion with his famous father, the reclusive painter Jesse Baltram. Funny and compelling, The Good Apprentice, first published in 1986*, is at once a supremely sophisticated entertainment and an inquiry into the spiritual crises that afflict the modern world.

*First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin Inc. 1986
Language
English
Pages
522
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 1985
ISBN 13
9780141186689

The Good Apprentice

Iris Murdoch
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
A sly, witty, and beautifully orchestrated tale about the difficulty of being good


Edward Baltram is overwhelmed with guilt. His nasty little prank has gone horribly wrong: he has fed his closest friend a sandwich laced with a hallucinogenic drug and the young man has fallen out of a window to his death. Consumed with guilt, Edward experiences a debilitating crisis of conscience. While Edward torments himself for not being good, his stepbrother, Stuart, a brilliant mathematics student, quits his promising scholastic career to live like a monk, devoting himself to the difficult task of becoming good. As Stuart seeks salvation, Edward searches for redemption through a reunion with his famous father, the reclusive painter Jesse Baltram. Funny and compelling, The Good Apprentice, first published in 1986*, is at once a supremely sophisticated entertainment and an inquiry into the spiritual crises that afflict the modern world.

*First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin Inc. 1986
Language
English
Pages
522
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 1985
ISBN 13
9780141186689

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