# The Sacred and Profane Love Machine

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- Book: [The Sacred And Profane Love Machine](https://www.bookquiver.com/iris-murdoch/the-sacred-and-profane-love-machine) ([The Sacred And Profane Love Machine.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/iris-murdoch/the-sacred-and-profane-love-machine.md))
- Authors: [Iris Murdoch](https://www.bookquiver.com/iris-murdoch)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4004-111-8
- Pages: 368
- Published: 1984-03-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the sacred and profane love machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the psychotherapist, Blaise Gavender, sometimes wishes he...