A Fairly Honourable Defeat - Iris Murdoch Barber van de Pol middle-aged architect becomes bewitched by

middle-aged architect becomes bewitched by a strange young woman who claims to have known him for years

Met haar vijfentwintig jaar oudere man brengt ze de zomers door in Sweet Water

Het is tegelijkertijd bijzonder onduidelijk

Haar werk is illegaal

blijft Jarman zijn dagen in Dungeness tegen de klippen op vastleggen

A Fairly Honourable Defeat - Iris Murdoch Barber van de Pol middle-aged architect becomes bewitched byEveryone is thinking about Julius King. For comfortable, long married Hilda and Rupert, he is a mystery. For Morgan, Hilda's tormented sister, he is an obsession. For Morgan's abandoned husband, Tallis, he is the source of ruin. For Simon and Axel, deeply in love, he stirs up jealousy and unease. What is Julius thinking about? He's thinking about Hilda, Rupert, Morgan, Tallis, Simon and Axel, and they will not all survive his malevolent attention.