I start out with Iris Murdoch how I always start out: I don't want to like it. It's about a bunch of annoying English intellectuals who don't have much to do besides jump in and out bed with each other. But for some reason, it all remains interesting and you have to figure out what is going on with these people anyway. In A Fairly Honourable Defeat, Julius is the Uber; he's handsome, celebrated, and rich, a scientist amidst a bunch of people who are not, with their unfinished books and whatnot. (It might be the best idea to, while I am struggling with my own manuscript, to read about people with perpetually unfinished books.)
Anyway, a lovely read.
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