Iris Murdoch\'s debut--a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher.
Perhaps Hugo\'s secret is Hugo himself? Admonished, enlightened, Jake hopes at last to become a real writer..
Jake, fascinated, longs to learn Hugo\'s secret.
These meetings involve Jake and his eccentric servant-companion, Finn, in a series of adventures that include the kidnapping of a film-star dog and a political riot on a film set of ancient Rome.
He resumes acquaintance with the formidable Hugo, whose \'philosophy\' he once presumptuously dared to interpret.
Jake, hack writer and sponger, now penniless flat-hunter, seeks out an old girlfriend, Anna Quentin, and her glamorous actress sister, Sadie.
Iris Murdoch\'s debut--a comic novel about work and love, wealth and fame Jake Donaghue, garrulous artist, meets Hugo Bellfounder, silent philosopher
