{"product_id":"the-black-prince-paperback","title":"The Black Prince - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIris Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartha C. Nussbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire to the country, but predatory friends and relations dash his hopes of a peaceful retirement. He is tormented by his melancholic sister, who has decided to come live with him; his ex-wife, who has infuriating hopes of redeeming the past; her delinquent brother, who wants money and emotional confrontations; and Bradley's friend and rival, Arnold Baffin, a younger, deplorably more successful author of commercial fiction. The ever-mounting action includes marital cross-purposes, seduction, suicide, abduction, romantic idylls, murder, and due process of law. Bradley tries to escape from it all but fails, leading to a violent climax and a coda that casts shifting perspectives on all that has preceded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eDame Iris Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(1919-1999) was one of the most acclaimed British writers of the twentieth century. Very prolific, she wrote twenty-six novels, four books of philosophy, five plays, a volume of poetry, a libretto, and numerous essays before developing Alzheimer's disease in the mid-1990s. Her novels have won many prizes: the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Black Prince\u003c\/i\u003e, the Whitbread Literary Award for Fiction for \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred and Profane Love Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Sea, The Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. She herself was also the recipient of many esteemed awards: Dame of the Order of the British Empire, the Royal Society of Literature's Companion of Literature award, and the National Arts Club's (New York) Medal of Honor for Literature. In 2008, she was named one of the Times' (London) 50 greatest British writers since 1945. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartha C. Nussbaum\u003c\/b\u003e, one of America's most prominent philosophers and public intellectuals, is a professor of classics and law at the University of Chicago.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 25, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42696988262463,"sku":"9780142180112","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/cdaa9795e348db6d725611f7e7e1291e.webp?v=1765008059","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-black-prince-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}