The Last in the Iris Trilogy.
Completing his remarkable trilogy of books that began with 'Iris' and 'Iris And The Friends', John Bayley looks back on the happiness of the years, in sickness and health, which he and Iris Murdoch spent together, and attempts to come to terms with her absence.
'Widower's House' gives a searching analysis of the condition of bereavement, and the void that has to be faced when the loved one is no longer there to be looked after. As time goes by he finds himself beset with new and alarmingly unfamiliar problems: he suffers equally from the helplessness of being alone and the kindly harassment of well-wishers; discovering too that a widower's life can contain many moments of bizarre comedy.
