The Good Apprentice. London: Chatto & Windus, 1985. First Edition. Publisher’s original turquoise cloth with gilt titles to the spine, in the Tom Phillips illustrated dust jacket.

Signed by the Author on the title page.

Published in 1985, The Good Apprentice stands as a quintessential example of Murdoch’s mature fiction. It encapsulates the central philosophical and moral preoccupations that defined her career: the nature of guilt, the problem of evil, the possibility of redemption, and the transformative (and often disruptive) power of love.

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.