Iris Murdoch - THE BELL , 1962, UK, Penguin Books, mass market paperback, 1st issue, 11 x 18cm tall, 316 pages, ISBN: 0671732463.
CONDITION: Good rPlus - General rubbing to covers, a fptrward lean to spine, inside has browning to page edges, else square, & tight with no markings, quite a solid vintage copy.
Celebrated Anglo-Irish writer Dame Iris Murdoch [1919-1999] was a winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1973, and The Booker Prize in 1978, which are among the most prestigious literary awards in Britain.
A new bell is being installed at Imber Abbey, when suddenly the old bell, a legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered- and then things begin to change. The author's fourth novel is a funny, sad, and moving story about religion, sex, and the fight between good and evil. Basis for the BAFTA Award winning dramatisation in 1982, starring Ian Holm and Kenneth Cranham..