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A sparklingly profound novel about the conflict between love and loyalty
The quiet life of schoolmaster Bill Mor and his wife Nan is disturbed when a young woman, Rain Carter, arrives at the school to paint the portrait of the headmaster. Mor, hoping to enter politics, becomes aware of new desires. A complex battle develops, involving love, guilt, magic, art, and political ambition. Mor’s teenage children and their mother fight discreetly and ruthlessly against the invader. The Head, himself disenchanted, advises Mor to seize the girl and run. The final decision rests with Rain. Can a great love” be purchased at too high a price?
The quiet life of schoolmaster Bill Mor and his wife Nan is disturbed when a young woman, Rain Carter, arrives at the school to paint the portrait of the headmaster. Mor, hoping to enter politics, becomes aware of new desires. A complex battle develops, involving love, guilt, magic, art, and political ambition. Mor’s teenage children and their mother fight discreetly and ruthlessly against the invader. The Head, himself disenchanted, advises Mor to seize the girl and run. The final decision rests with Rain. Can a great love” be purchased at too high a price?
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- Title The Sandcastle
- Author Iris Murdoch
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Thus
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, London
- Date March 30, 1978
- ISBN 9780140014747 / 0140014748
- Weight 0.58 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 7.79 x 5.11 x 0.74 in (19.79 x 12.98 x 1.88 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 890
- Library of Congress subjects Didactic fiction, Loyalty
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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