# The Sea, the Sea; A Severed Head

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- Authors: [Iris Murdoch](https://www.bookquiver.com/iris-murdoch)
- Publisher: Everyman's Library
- ISBN: 978-11-0190-766-5
- Pages: 696
- Published: 2016-04-05
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Hardcover

## Description

These two major novels—by one of the most influential British writers of the twentieth century—are ferociously dark comedies that combine playfulness with profundity. A Severed Head (1961)...