false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176309833m/11229.jpg 11229 22 Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors-some real, some spectral-that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core. 1410491 book 1978 The Sea, The Sea (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) total:981|5:313|4:389|3:213|2:43|1:23| 981 3869 1812 140 3 2 false false Sun Dec 21 07:53:59 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 14:05:42 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 07:53:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 15:55:06 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 14 19:36:31 -0700 2008 This is probably a 4.5. I was wary about reading Murdoch again after Under the Net, which I didn't enjoy at all. This one had everything that I love in life and don't often find united in a novel: elaborate planning for simple tasty lunches; the English seaside; ludicrous and highly improbable act...

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Capitani, Diane N. "Ideas of the Good: Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea." Christianity and Literature 53.1 (Autumn 2003): 99-108.

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I like the way Dame Iris Murdoch developed her ch...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Sep 11 17:35:29 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 17:35:29 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 05:47:35 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 01:36:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 08:43:23 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 10:06:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 10 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 23 13:57:39 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 14:11:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 13:57:15 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 31 10:45:26 -0700 2009 1 Tea Leaves. It's a complex book with many characters and subplots. Like many of Murdoch's books (as I was warned, too late!), her characters sometimes are more like philosophies that wear shoes than people - but it's definitely worth reading.

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