The Good Apprentice

This was one of Murdoch's later novels. I liked Under the Net and especially The Bell more. However, this was good. It deals with a young man who gives his friend a drug as a joke which results in the boy's death. He goes in search for the father he never knew. His father is a somewhat famous artist and Edward becomes friends with his sisters who are a bohemian bunch. Edward's stepbrother Stuart is looking for a deeper meaning in life. In a subplot a woman Midge falls for Stuart. This is despite the fact she is already involved with another man and her husband. It was over five hundred pages so it took me a while to read. The Kate Winslet movie Iris was a real disappointment. Someone needs to give the writer more justice. I would like a documentary.