Book: The Black PrinceAuthor: Iris MurdochRating: 4
Got an opinion on this book?Did you read this book too? Got an opinion on it? Share it! Write a Book Review and get a web page dedicated to yourself! Click Here
Read other Best Selling book reviews hereBook Review of Jonathan Livingston Seagull- Richard BachBook Review of Eleven Minutes- Paulo Coelho Book Review of The Name Of The Rose-Umberto Eco Book Review of The Hobbit-J R R Tolkien Book Review of The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho Return to Book Review-Best Sellers
|
Summary: Bradley Pearson, British writer, is suffering from a writer's block. He has waited all his life to write his masterpiece. Finally, he feels, the time has come when he can leave his small time job as a revenue officer, and go away from the city din to write. However, his fellow writer friend, Arnold Baffin, Arnold's wife Rachel, daughter Julian, Pearson's ex-wife Christian, ex-brother-in-law Francis and sister Priscilla all tug at his attentions in various ways to make Pearson's escape impossible. The plot unfolds from this point in the novel to reveal the emotional mess each character is in. Arnold and Rachel's domestic tensions lead each astray to look for love, romance and understanding elsewhere. Arnold seeks romance in Christian's friendship while Rachel wants to create a special bond with Pearson. Priscilla, despondent and bereaved from a failed fruitless marriage, is a chronic depression patient, in need of constant medical and emotional support. Pearson falls in love with Julian who is young enough to be his daughter. Julian, surprisingly returns his love and the two of them have a tumultuous love affair in the middle of violent opposition from Julian's family. However, none achieves what each had set out for. There is a sense of loss and yearning across the novel.
