Under The Net

Iris Murdoch`s first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writers rub shoulders with successful bookies, and film starlets with frantic philosopers. Its hero, Jake Donaghue, is a drifting, clever, likeable young man, who makes a living out ot translation work and sponging off his friends. A meeting with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher, Hugo Belfounder, whose profound and inconclusive reflections give the book its title - under the net of language.