Carel is rector of a non-existent City church (it was destroyed in the war). In the rectory live his daughter, Muriel, his beautiful invalid ward, Elizabeth, and their West Indian servant, Patti. Here too are Eugene, a Russian emigre, and his delinquent son, Leo. Carel's brother, Marcus, co-guardian with him of Elizabeth, tires to make contact with Carel but is constantly rebuffed. These seven characters go through a dance of attraction and repulsion, misunderstanding and revelation, the centre of which is the enigmatic Carel himself - a priest who believes that, God being dead, His angels are released. At the end, Muriel finds herself with the power of life and death over her father.
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Hardback Editions
July 1989 : Hardback
| Title: The Time of the Angels (The collected works of Iris Murdoch) Author(s): Iris Murdoch ISBN: 0-7011-3425-9 / 978-0-7011-3425-9 (UK edition) Publisher: Chatto & Windus Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1969 : Hardback
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September 1966 : Hardback
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1966 : Hardback
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Paperback Editions
April 2002 : Paperback
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1988 : Mass Market Paperback
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July 1978 : Paperback
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March 1971 : Paperback
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January 1969 : Mass Market Paperback
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1967 : Mass Market Paperback
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January 1966 : Paperback
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July 2010 : Kindle edition
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