Elegy for Iris

Elegy for Iris

"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.

First edition

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


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