{"product_id":"the-nice-and-the-good-isbn-9780140030341","title":"The Nice and the Good","description":"From 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"A feast.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eIris Murdoch\u003c\/b\u003e (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.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300061237477,"sku":"NP9780140030341","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140030341.jpg?v=1767740702","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-nice-and-the-good-isbn-9780140030341","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}