Young Edward Baltram's prank of giving his friend Mark Wilsden a drug-infused sandwich and his stepbrother Stuart's decision to forsake a promising academic career for social work bring consternation to their parents and elders. Reprint.
Edward Bartram's friend Mark Wilsden dies after Edward gives him a hallucinogenic drug, and Edward seeks redemption for his guilt and self-loathing, finally finding peace when, through the efforts of his nunlike half-sisters, he is reconciled with his long-estranged father, who is able to grant him the forgiveness he seeks.
- Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres, Fiction + Literature Themes, Juvenile Fiction
- Subgenre: Literary, Classics, Health + Daily Living / General, Social Issues / Death + Dying, Hobbies + Activities, Human Qualities + Behavior, Religion + Beliefs, Family + Friendship
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: December 1, 2001
- Date Published: December 1, 2001
- Author: Iris Murdoch