The other murderer, Spandrell, is himself murdered by the police after playing Beethoven's A Minor Quartet for the skeptical Mark Rampion, who is based on DH Lawrence.
In a subplot, the main character's father, the future author of the world's greatest compendium of democratic literature, is accosted by his secretary Gladys, with whom he is having an affair. Illidge, the communist, is an accessory in the murder of the Mosley-like Everard Webley. The other murderer, Spandrell, is himself murdered by the police after playing Beethoven's A Minor Quartet for the skeptical Mark Rampion, who is based on DH Lawrence. It deals mostly with the aging artist John Bidlake, the tart Lucy Tantamount, and the autobiographical character of Philip Quarles. For ten points, name this musically titled work by Aldous Huxley.
In a subplot, the main character's father, the future author of the world's greatest compendium of democratic literature, is accosted by his secretary Gladys, with whom he is having an affair.
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