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The Severed Head
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4 out of 5
Based on 720 Ratings and 114 Reviews

Book Description
Martin Lynch-Gibbon believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendour at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. As his Medus... More
Book Information
PublisherChatto & Windus
BindingHardcover (33 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages256
ISBN-100701109807
ISBN-13978-0701109806
Publication Date12/1961
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About Iris Murdoch (Author) : Iris Murdoch is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Iris Murdoch include Jackson's Dilemma, An Unofficial Rose, The Sea, The Sea (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classic... more
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