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.
The Nice and the Good
by Iris Murdoch
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ISBN-13:
9781101495841
- Publisher: Temple Publications International, Inc.
- Publication date: 12/14/1978
- Sold by: Penguin Group
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 368
- Sales rank: 356,410
- File size: 776 KB
- Age Range: 18 Years
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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.
In contrast to stagnant summer London, Octavian and Kate Gray’s adoring community on the Dorset coast seems to offer Ducane refuge, but even here the aftereffects 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, and no one here is good.
“A feast.”—Guardian
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