The Sandcastle

Vintage Publishing

The Sandcastle\nby Iris Murdoch\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Iris Murdoch\nTitle: The Sandcastle\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary\nPublisher: Vintage Publishing\nISBN-13: 9780099433583\nISBN-10: 0099433583\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe quiet life of schoolmaster Bill Mor and his wife Nan is disturbed when a young woman, Rain Carter, arrives at the school to paint the portrait of the headmaster. Mor, hoping to enter politics, becomes aware of new desires and a different dream of life. A complex battle develops, involving love, guilt, magic, art and political ambition. Mor''s teenage children and their mother fight d.