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Iris Murdochs first novel is set in a part of London where struggling writersrub shoulders with successful bookies and film starlets with franticphilosophers. Its hero Jake Donaghue is a drifting clever likeable youngman who makes a living out of translation work and sponging off his friends. Ameeting with Anna an old flame leads him into a series of fantasticadventures. Jake is captivated by a majestic philosopher Hugo Belfounderwhose profound and inconclusive reflections give the book its title under thenet of language. «
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