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The Black Prince
by Iris Murdoch
Absolutely fantastic. For me, this is second only to Lolita in my favourite works of literature of all time. But so much of its splendour depends on Murdoch's immaculate command of surprise, irony, and plotting that it is difficult to properly praise it without spoilers. Nonetheless, I can say that it portrays the catastrophic effects of infatuation better than anyone else, even Nabokov, because Humbert Humbert's monstrosity prevents him from achieving the self-abnegating and ludicrously endearing idiocy of Bradley Pearson. It's stupendous.
This book is simultaneously an intricate piece of clockwork as well as an electrifying, hilarious, tragic portrait of a hopeless, age-gap relationship. I cannot recommend it enough.
This book is simultaneously an intricate piece of clockwork as well as an electrifying, hilarious, tragic portrait of a hopeless, age-gap relationship. I cannot recommend it enough.