The Book and the Brotherhood / Книга и Братство / Книга на Английском; Vintage books, 2003

A highlight amongst Murdoch's novels, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.

It's the midsummer ball at Oxford, and a group of men and women - friends since university days - have gathered under the stars. Included in this group is David Crimond, a genius and fervent Marxist. Years earlier the friends had persuaded David to write a philosophical and political book on their behalf. But opinions and loyalties have changed, and on this summer evening the long-resting ghosts of the past come careering back into the present.