![]() One odd aspect of Bayley's obvious generosity is the way he refrains from naming anyone mentioned in the book whom he dislikes. ![]() ![]() Bayley is modest, deprecatingly witty, and obviously intensely grateful for all these experiences, and for the odd moments of joy he's still able to share with his wife in her current condition, even if it's only watching Teletubbies together. And on the story of how they came to get together in the first place, of course. Peter Capaldi was working on Murdoch's official biography already when Bayley was writing this memoir, so he doesn't say much about her career and novels, but focusses on the things they shared: swimming in rivers, holiday trips, friends, houses (he stakes a strong claim for the title of "least house-proud couple in Oxford."), and occasional literary cooperation. ![]() A lovely, sad, funny book, in which Bayley shares with us both his happy memories of married life with Iris Murdoch and some of the day to day realities of living with her now that she has Alzheimer's. ![]()
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