The Nice and the Good

The Nice and the Good - Paperback

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The Nice and the Good - Paperback

The Nice and the Good - Paperback

by Iris Murdoch
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From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea, The Sea comes a story about revenge and reconciliation, and the difference between being nice and being good.

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.

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.

"A feast."--The Guardian
ISBN9780140030341
Author Iris Murdoch
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 1978
LanguageENG- English
Pages368
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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