"At that moment I heard a terrible sound, a sound which in fact I had been dreading ever since I embarked upon my perilous adventure. Hartley upstairs had suddenly started screaming and banging the door."
-- The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch, a novel about an aging playwright/director/actor who retires to the North Sea coast of England. This teaser makes it sound a little more thrilling than it is. It is a wonderful, fantastic story, but more about people and ideas than scary adventure. Murdoch knows how to pace the story, though. Just when it starts to seem too talky, something startling happens, like in this scene.
I love this book, even though it is taking me a while to read. I enjoy it so much that I don't want it to end. (Also, I took a break to read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, which I reviewed here.)
The Sea, the Sea won the Booker prize in 1978. I am reading it for my Battle of the Prizes, British Version challenge. It will also count as one of my Chunkster Challenge reads.
Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by Should Be Reading, where you can find the official rules for this weekly event.
