# The Black Prince

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- Book: [The Black Prince](https://www.bookquiver.com/iris-murdoch/the-black-prince) ([The Black Prince.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/iris-murdoch/the-black-prince.md))
- Authors: [Iris Murdoch](https://www.bookquiver.com/iris-murdoch)
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4218-011-2
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2003-03-25
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Bradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire to the country, but predatory friends and relations...