Under the Net

By Iris Murdoch

Book Overview

Iris Murdoch's debut--a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame

Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher.

Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie. He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose 'philosophy' he once presumptuously dared to interpret. These meetings involve Jake and his eccentric servant-companion, Finn, in a series of adventures that include the kidnapping of a film-star dog and a political riot on a film set of ancient Rome. Jake, fascinated, longs to learn Hugo's secret. Perhaps Hugo's secret is Hugo himself? Admonished, enlightened, Jake hopes at last to become a real writer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140014454
• ISBN13: 9780140014457
• Release Date: October 1977
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher