Iris Murdoch 
Book And The Brotherhood [EPUB ebook] 

It’s the midsummer ball at Oxford, and a group of men and women — friends since university days — have gathered under the stars. Included in this group is David Crimond, a genius and fervent Marxist. Years earlier the friends had persuaded David to write a philosophical and political book on their behalf. But opinions and loyalties have changed, and on this summer evening the long-resting ghosts of the past come careering back into the present.