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The Nice and the Good

By Iris Murdoch

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The Nice and the Good

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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
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
368
Release Date:
1973-11-29
Publication Date:
1978-12-14
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0140030344
ISBN13:
9780140030341
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
389 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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