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The Good Apprentice
- Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
Stuart Cuno has decided to become good. Not believing in God, he invents his own methods, which include celibacy, chastity, and the abandonment of a promising academic career. Interfering friends and relations question his sincerity, his sanity, and his motives.
Critic reviews
"[T]he reader's involvement with the huge cast never diminishes, nor does attention to their wit and philosophical exchanges flag.” (Publishers Weekly)
"Iris Murdoch at her most artful, juggling philosophy and farce with knowledge and ease." (Economist)
"Murdoch works with an intellectual daring most writers only dream of." (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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- Natalie
- 20-06-16
Not impressed at all
Was expecting something more exciting, since i like Iris' novels. This one is quite boring.
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- Mrs. H. E. Bacon
- 23-08-19
very well read
Iris Murdoch's deeply serious comic novel read brilliantly, characterisation is a total delight in this wonderful audiobook
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- Caz Grenfel
- 01-05-22
Overwritten, sadly.
Stuck with it but very heavy going. Murdoch remains a favourite nevertheless. Here's hoping.
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- clive
- 03-09-12
Iris, really, you've gone too far this time
Oh dear. I like Iris Murdoch, but really. A parody of herself. Cloistered bonkers women, great mad artists, neurotic prolix intellectuals, ludicrous co-incidences, bonkers plot twists, and characters lacking any sympathy who seem only to have a clean hankerchief where their common sense should be. Listen if you're a fan and then read 'Cold Comfort Farm' to put you right again.
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- Ingenieurbüro
- 16-02-21
Epic in the study of human reaction and behaviour.
Epic study of Human reaction and Behaviour. The reader was a Perfect asset to Ms Murdoch story.
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