Iris Murdoch — Henry and Cato
London, Chatto & Windus , 1976. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Iris Murdoch's thriller about a priest and a historian, in the original dust wrapper. The first edition, first impression. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written by the popular Irish-British author and philosopher, Iris Murdoch. The story follows Cato, a priest who is fallen in love with an underage boy, and Henry, an art historian who has inherited his family estate, as their stories begin to intertwine. The novel contains aspects of the thriller genre, with violence, kidnapping and criminal acts. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally lovely. The wrap is also lovely. Internally firmly bound with clean and bright pages. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
