Download or read book The Sea, The Sea written by Iris Murdoch and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-12-29 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Arrowby has determined to spend the rest of his days in hermit-like contemplation. He buys a mysteriously damp house on the coast, far from the heady world of the theatre where he made his name, and there he swims in the sea, eats revolting meals and writes his memoirs. But then he meets his childhood sweetheart Hartley, and memories of her lovely, younger self crowd in – along with more recent lovers and friends – to disrupt his self-imposed exile. So instead of ‘learning to be good’, Charles proceeds to demonstrate how very bad he can be. ‘It isn’t all brainy fantasising in Murdochland; there’s wild swimming, appalling sandwiches, death, madness and sex’ Guardian ‘Dazzlingly entertaining and inventive’ The Times WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAISY JOHNSON **WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE**