{"product_id":"severed-head","title":"Severed Head","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSevered Head\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eIris Murdoch\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e0140020039\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1976\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e204\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA novel about the frightfulness and ruthlessness of being in love, from the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Sea, The Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMartin Lynch-Gibson 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 reeducation. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendor at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. As his Medusa informs him, \"this is nothing to do with happiness.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Severed Head\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted for a successful stage production in 1963 and was later made into a film starring Claire Bloom, Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, and Ian Holm.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Severed Head | Iris Murdoch | Paperback | 0140020039 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks R 1787122","offer_id":50854940999938,"sku":"1787122","price":20.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71KVn5YyydL.jpg?v=1792794572","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/severed-head","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}