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Fiction

It’s All in the Title: Some have it

In Her Own Image by Anna Murdoch

by Margaret John
April 1986, no. 79

In Her Own Image by Anna Murdoch

Collins, $17.95 hb, 240 pp

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It was a comparatively easy task for Anna Murdoch to have In Her Own Image published. After all, as the critics vied with each other to point out – Rupert does own forty-two per cent of Collins. A cynical observation is that she had considerable difficulty in having it seriously reviewed – when one considers how many critics Mr Murdoch has at his disposal! Everyone wrote about it of course – after all, the Murdochs make good copy. Through her many interviews, we learn a good deal about Anna Murdoch and pick up a few pointers about Rupert the family man – but relatively little about the novel itself.

 


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In Her Own Image by Anna Murdoch

Collins, $17.95 hb, 240 pp

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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