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Jackson's Dilemma

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Jackson's Dilemma

by Iris Murdoch

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ISBN 10
0670868159
ISBN 13
9780670868155
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Viking, 1996. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 249 pages. Iris Murdoch's last novel. First American edition. 8vo, gray paper over boards with black cloth quarter, gilt lettering, black end papers, minimal shelf wear, faint foxing to edges, in unclipped DJ with minimal wear but a few small paint splatters on front panel. Marginalia in pencil on approximately 25 pages.

Synopsis

On the eve of their wedding, Edward Lannion and Marian Berran are led away onto dark and strange paths, while their friends and lovers are forced to make new and surprising choices. Watching over all of them is Jackson, a mysterious and charismatic manservant who, in guiding all the young lovers into the light, has to make his own agonizing decisions.

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Bookseller
Berthoff Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
WBB-552
Title
Jackson's Dilemma
Author
Iris Murdoch
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
Edition
1st Edition
ISBN 10
0670868159
ISBN 13
9780670868155
Publisher
Viking
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1996
Keywords
IRIS MURDOCH, NOVEL
Bookseller catalogs
English literature; Iris Murdoch; Irish writers;

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Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Shelf Wear
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