In the Woods David Hewson Iris Murdoch's funny and sad

Iris Murdoch's funny and sad novel has themes of religion

The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate who suffers similar treatment at the hands of her tormentors

the unforgettable Elena and Lila

Four young women

her flat refusal to observe the codes of respectable behaviour leave her perilously exposed

In the Woods David Hewson Iris Murdoch's funny and sadAs dusk approaches a small Dublin suburb in the summer of 1984, mothers begin to call their children home. But on this warm evening, three children do not return from the dark and silent woods. When the police arrive, they find only one of the children gripping a tree trunk in terror, wearing blood filled sneakers, and unable to recall a single detail of the previous hours. Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin