A review by ronnie2024
The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch

2.0

There was not a single likable character in this novel. I found Charles, a pompous theater director, wholly irritating. All of the sycophantic former actors who had been in his thrall were one dimensional. The novel was long and had several absurd/clunky plot points. There were some amusing satirical sketches of Charles’s attempt to acclimatize to rural seaside life, as well as lyrical descriptions of the sea. Was this enough to win the Booker Prize?