Word: sexagenarians
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Dates: during 1962-1962
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...scenery is familiar: a grand but now slightly shabby English country house; a London flat admirably fitted for infidelity; serene countryside across which one can hear an epigram drop at 50 paces.' The plot seems unpromising. Will bumbly Sexagenarian Hugh Peronett find Indian summer satisfactory with his renounced ex-mistress Emma now that his wife is dead? Will his caddish son Randall leave his long-suffering wife? And what of sensible, sixtyish Mildred Finch, who has-loved old Hugh from afar for more than 20 years...
...things, however, should be clear. One: Iris Murdoch is one of the most skillful writers around. Two: if she goes on exploring autumnal amorousness as she has. the word sexagenarian is likely to take on new connotations...