{"product_id":"the-nice-and-the-good-paperback","title":"The Nice and the Good - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sea, The Sea\u003c\/i\u003e comes a story about revenge and reconciliation, and the difference between being nice and being good. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e John Ducane, a respected Whitehall civil servant, is asked to investigate the suicide of a colleague. As he pursues his inquiry, he uncovers a shabby, evil world of murder, blackmail, and black magic. He begins to feel more trapped than trapping. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In contrast to a stagnant summer in London, Octavian and Kate Gray's adoring community on the Dorset coast seems to offer Ducane refuge, but even here the after-effects of violence poison an atmosphere already electric with adolescent quarrels and intrigue. After a swim into the underworld, Ducane begins to realize that niceness is not enough. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A feast.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369155461343,"sku":"9780140030341","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Nand8QSw8J9780140030341.webp?v=1789139254","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-nice-and-the-good-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}