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Title	:	Under the Net
Author	:	Iris Murdoch
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 252 pages
Published	:	October 27th 1982 by Penguin Books Ltd (first published 1954)
Categories	:	Fiction. Classics. Literature. Novels

Under the Net

Iris Murdoch

Paperback | Pages: 252 pages

Rating: 3.77 | 12342 Users | 627 Reviews

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Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Belfounder, 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 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 in 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.

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Original Title:	Under the Net
ISBN:	0140014454 (ISBN13: 9780140014457)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	James Donaghue (Jake), Peter O'Finney (Finn), Magdalen Casement (Madge), Samuel Starfield (Sammy), Mrs Tinckham, Dave Gelman, Lefty Todd, Anna Quentin, Sadie Quentin, Hugo Belfounder
Setting:	London, England(United Kingdom) Paris(France)

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Iris Murdoch is among my favorite writers. Ive read 4 books by her so far (this is the 4th) and I was amazed with her capacity to touch psychology and philosophy at the same time, while focusing on crucial moments from the lives of her characters. I read The Sea, The Sea (her Man Booker Prize work) and I considered it stunning, but the other books I read by her were even more powerful than her award-winning novel.Starting a novel is opening a door on a misty landscape; you can still see very

I found it impressive for a first novel, but I only semi-liked it. The First Person POV misanthropic antihero reminded somewhat of Salinger; the highly detailed descriptions reminded me somewhat of A. S. Byatt, and the semantics/linguistics philosophy reminded me strongly of Alfred Korzybski and S. I. Hayakawa. I admire all of these other writers and thinkers, so I'm surprised I didn't like it more than I did. Maybe the wandering nature of the plot left me wanting more narrative pull? Whatever,

A lot of fun. Beautifully written. It does feel like a first novel though. Not sure if the philosophising - mostly about peoples need to create a global theory for things that happen to them - really merged successfully into the story. Another thing was the really absurd coincidences in the plot. This couldve been intentional, like in Lodges Small World, but it wasnt clear If this was so or why. Still, there were moments of incredible insight, which could inspire you to see the world differently

3.5 Stars

It seems to me that most male authors have male central characters, and female authors female central characters, especially when the novel is in the first person. It also seems to me that female authors (in general) create more believable female central characters, and male authors (in general) more believable male characters, especially concerning central characters and particularly when in the first person narrative. This shouldn't be surprising. That said, this novel, for me, is the best

"Review" in 2008 from reading in 2001: Her first published novel, set in "contemporary" 50s London. Aimless youth gets philosophical. He oughtn't to be a sympathetic character and nothing much happens, but it's strangely compelling.Comment in 2020: It was my first Murdoch, picked at random in a second-hand bookshop, because I wanted to have read one of hers before going with a friend to see the biopic, Iris, starring Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet (see imdb).I didn't really appreciate

I thought this was a wonderful book, though apparently the author herself didn't rate it very highly. The central character, Jake Donaghue, is a deeply flawed, self-absorbed artistic underachiever of the type that Murdoch went on to develop so memorably in later novels like The Black Prince and The Sea, The Sea. Under the Net is not as savagely funny as those books but has a greater innocence and vitality, probably because of the main character's (and the author's) relative youth. Because of