Iris Murdoch's first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosophers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living out of translation work and sponging on his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder, whose profound and inconclusive reflections give the book its title - under the net of language.
| ISBN: | 9780099429074 |
| Publication date: | 24th January 2002 |
| Author: | Iris Murdoch |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 286 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Modern and Contemporary Fiction |