The Black PrinceBy: Iris Murdoch Bradley Pearson, an unsuccessful novelist in his late fifties, has finally left his dull office job as an Inspector of Taxes. Bradley hopes to retire to the country, but predatory friends and relations dash his hopes of a peaceful retirement. He is tormented by his melancholic sister, who has decided to come live with him; his ex wife, who has infuriating hopes of redeeming the past; her delinquent brother, who wants money and