Dame Iris Murdoch, philosopher and novelist and her husband, John Bayley, Professor of English, literary critic and novelist, have exercised a joint influence in university circles and in the world of letters Their life together was cruelly interrupted when it became clear that Dame Iris was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, paralysing for a thinker and writer of such creative distinction In this frank and moving memoir, John Bayley remembers the history of their marriage and tells how they have coped with a disorder whose origins are still mysterious