The Red and The Green

New York: The Viking Press, 1965. First edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good Only. 8.5" by 6". None. The first edition of Iris Murdoch's 'The Red and The Green'. Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (15 July 1919 – 8 February 1999) was an Irish-born English author and philosopher, best known for her stories regarding ethical and sexual themes. Her first published novel, Under the Net, was selected in 2001 by the editorial board of the American Modern Library as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1987, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. The Red and the Green is a 1965 novel by Iris Murdoch that covers the events leading up to and during the Easter Rebellion in Ireland during World War I. It is written in a different style than Murdoch's other fiction, but like the other novels deals with complex family relationships, which has some relationship to the authors own family. It is notable for Murdoch's use of existentialism in the actions of its main protagonist Andrew Chase-White, an Anglo-Irishman who has volunteered and become a young officer in the King Edward's Horse regiment, leading to a conflict with the other, Catholic side of his family. In the original publisher's cloth binding and the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Very minor shelfwear to the boards. A little bumping to the spine. Dustwrapper has a tear to the spine resulting a little loss, and some discolouration to the rear wrap and joints. Ink inscription to the front flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good