Stuart Cuno has decided to become good. Not believing in God, he invents his own methods, which include celibacy, chastity and the abandonment of a promising academic career. Interfering friends and relations question his sincerity, his sanity and his motives. Stuart's step-brother Edward Baltram is tormented by guilt because he has, he believes, killed his best friend. He dreams sometimes of redemption, sometimes of suicide. Funny, compelling and extremely moving, THE GOOD APPRENTICE is about guilt ridden despair, and the difficult problem of how to try to be good - and the various magical devices which console those who are sensible enough not to try.
| ISBN: | 9780099285250 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2000 |
| Author: | Iris Murdoch |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 561 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Stuart Cuno has decided to become good. Not believing in God, he invents his own methods, which include celibacy, chastity and the abandonment of a promising academic career. Interfering friends and relations question his sincerity, his sanity and his motives. Stuart's step-brother Edward Baltram is tormented by guilt because he has, he believes, killed his best friend. He dreams sometimes of redemption, sometimes of suicide. Funny, compelling and extremely moving, THE GOOD APPRENTICE is about guilt ridden despair, and the difficult problem of how to try to be good - and the various magical devices which console those who are sensible enough not to try.
The Good Apprentice features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Modern and Contemporary Fiction
The Good Apprentice is available in Paperback
The Good Apprentice was written by Iris Murdoch and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
The Good Apprentice has 561 pages
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