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An Accidental Man

By Iris Murdoch

By Iris Murdoch

By Iris Murdoch

By Iris Murdoch

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Mar 01, 1988 | ISBN 9780140036114

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    About An Accidental Man

    A scintillating novel of fate, accidents, and moral dilemmas

    Set in the time of the Vietnam War, this story concerns the plight of a young American, happily installed in a perfect job in England, engaged to a wonderful girl, who is suddenly drafted to a war he disapproves of.

    What is duty here, what is self-interest, what is cowardice? Austin Gibson Grey, the accidental man of the title, is accident-prone, also prone to bring disaster to his friend sand relations. He blames fate. But are we not all accidental, one of his victims asks. Fate and accidents make deep moral dilemmas for the characters in the long and complex tale.

    About An Accidental Man

    A scintillating novel of fate, accidents, and moral dilemmas

    Set in the time of the Vietnam War, this story concerns the plight of a young American, happily installed in a perfect job in England, engaged to a wonderful girl, who is suddenly drafted to a war he disapproves of.

    What is duty here, what is self-interest, what is cowardice? Austin Gibson Grey, the accidental man of the title, is accident-prone, also prone to bring disaster to his friend sand relations. He blames fate. But are we not all accidental, one of his victims asks. Fate and accidents make deep moral dilemmas for the characters in the long and complex tale.

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    The Black Prince
    Nuns and Soldiers
    The Bell
    The Good Apprentice
    See all books by Iris Murdoch

    About Iris Murdoch

    Iris Murdoch (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… More about Iris Murdoch

    About Iris Murdoch

    Iris Murdoch (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… More about Iris Murdoch

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 01, 1988 | 448 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780140036114

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 01, 1988 | 448 Pages | ISBN 9781101495858

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    “Iris Murdoch has imposed her alternative world on us as surely as Christopher Columbus or Graham Greene.”—Victoria Glendinning in the Sunday Times (London)

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