false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178743674m/830688.jpg 11234 8 In a dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly. 816348 1970 A Fairly Honourable Defeat (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) total:252|5:81|4:117|3:42|2:11|1:1| 252 1022 370 34 4 1 false false Thu Apr 03 12:04:36 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 03 12:12:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 24 15:16:40 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 15:20:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 11:07:24 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 06:07:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 20:24:58 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 20:33:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 11 15:16:52 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 15 06:04:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 12:04:33 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 16 12:04:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 24 19:53:26 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 14 12:58:08 -0700 2008
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