By Iris Murdoch
Filled with suspense, humor, and symbolism, this magnificently crafted and magical novel replays biblical and medieval issues in modern London. An test through the pointy, feral, and uncommonly clever Lucas Graffe to homicide his sensual and charismatic half-brother Clement is interrupted via a stranger—whom Lucas moves and leaves for useless. whilst the stranger mysteriously reappears, with particular calls for for reparation, the Graffes’ circle of idiosyncratic friends and family is disrupted—for the calls for are extraordinary, intrusive, and finally deadly.
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Clause 28 had prohibited the "promotion" (or toleration) of same-sex lives, and in the process had inadvertently helped mobilize and unite gay communities. While race and immigration had been high on the political agenda during the 1960s, by the 1980s, sexual issues had been added to it. One critical issue emerged not as a result of the Thatcher administration, although it would help fuel the moral agendas of the new right conservatives. The critical issue was AIDS—acquired immune deficiency syndrome and HIV—human immuno-deficiency virus.
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