A Severed Head

::For the Australian electronic music group, see Severed Heads.

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A Severed Head (1961) is a satirical, in places almost farcical novel by Iris Murdoch about marriage, adultery and incest amongst a group of civilized and educated people who, the author implies, really should know better. Set in and around London, it depicts a power struggle between grown-up middle-class people who are lucky to be free of real problems. More than 40 years after its first publication, A Severed Head seems like a harbinger of the Sexual Revolution which was to hit Britain in the 1960s and 70s.

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1961 - Satirical - Farcical - Novel - Iris Murdoch - Marriage - Adultery - Incest - London - Middle-class - Sexual Revolution - Britain - 1960s - 70s

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