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Saturday, August 27, 2005

Jackson's Dilemma by Iris Murdoch

My second try of an Iris Murdoch novel. Essentially a series of intertwined love stories, muddled by the secrets they keep from each other. In the middle stands Benet, who inerited his uncle's house and role as facilitator. Through it all is Jackson, Benet's servant and jack of all trades, a man with no history and a mesmerizing influence on everybody.

I'm a bit irritated by the revealing of the fuzzy thoughts of the characters.

'You see, I've let you be, and you've been wondering how we can live, and how poor we shall be —'
'It doesn't matter, we shall be together —'
'Well, I'm — about money — actually I'm not short of it — at all — I am really — well — really I'm a millionaire.'


You — Bran, you did that, you broke that window?'
'Yes,' said Bran calmly. 'Somebody had to start something.'

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