The Nice and the Good by Murdoch, Iris

The Nice and the Good (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780140030341)

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The Nice and the Good by Murdoch, Iris

The Nice and the Good

$18.00
The Nice and the Good by Murdoch, Iris

The Nice and the Good

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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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

Author: Iris Murdoch
ISBN-10: 0140030344
ISBN-13: 9780140030341
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 12/14/1978
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 7.74h x 5.20w x 0.98d
By Iris Murdoch
By Iris Murdoch
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Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) was born in Dublin and brought up in London. She studied philosophy at Cambridge and was a philosophy fellow at St. Anne's College for 20 years. She published her first novel in 1954 and was instantly recognized as a major talent. She went on to publish more than 26 novels, as well as works of philosophy, plays, and poetry.

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