“Somehow I've always wanted the ones that didn't want me. I'm the absolute queen bee of unrequited love.”
Murdoch explores the tangled lives, moral dilemmas, and passions of her characters, examining the interplay between love, desire, and human frailty.
Murdoch, Iris. The Sacred and Profane Love Machine. New York: Viking Press, 1974. 374 pp.
First American Edition, first printing. Hardcover. Octavo.
Good condition copy with toning, edge wear to boards, and some smudging to edges, in good condition dust jacket with edge wear, toning, and rubbing to surfaces—in dust jacket cover.
