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Elegy for Iris is a 1999 memoir by John Bayley, about his marriage to fellow author Iris Murdoch, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease in her last years. Bayley also wrote two more books about his life with Murdoch, Iris and Her Friends and Widower's House.

In 2001, the film Iris was based on Bayley's book. The movie and the book partly dealt with her view on marriage and her adulterous love-affairs. Her husband knew about these and tolerated them throughout their marriage.

First edition

  • St. Martin's Press, 1999, ISBN 0-312-19864-7 (hardbound)


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