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The Nice and the Good
Iris Murdoch
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Description for The Nice and the Good
paperback. A revolver shot rings through a Whitehall office one hot afternoon in the middle of an English summer. A Government official has apparently shot himself, but the circumstances are questionable - prompting Octavian Gray, head of the department in which the dead man worked, to investigate. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
A work of coruscating moral brilliance, The Nice and the Good revolves around a happily married couple, Kate and Octavian, and the friends of all ages attached to their house in Dorset. The novel deals with love in its many aspects, as embodied in a fascinating array of characters. The resonant sub plot involves murder and black magic in Whitehall, as the novel leads us through stress and terror to a profoundly joyous conclusion.
A work of coruscating moral brilliance, The Nice and the Good revolves around a happily married couple, Kate and Octavian, and the friends of all ages attached to their house in Dorset. The novel deals with love in its many aspects, as embodied in a fascinating array of characters. The resonant sub plot involves murder and black magic in Whitehall, as the novel leads us through stress and terror to a profoundly joyous conclusion.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099285267
SKU
9780099285267
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About Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death ... Read more
Reviews for The Nice and the Good
Iris Murdoch is incapable of writing without fascinating and beautiful colour
The Times
Iris Murdoch was one of the best and most influential writers of the twentieth century
Guardian
Irish Murdoch's most versitile novel, and chief among them is the pleasure which the authors take in her characters
Country Life
Just as Jane Austen ... Read more
The Times
Iris Murdoch was one of the best and most influential writers of the twentieth century
Guardian
Irish Murdoch's most versitile novel, and chief among them is the pleasure which the authors take in her characters
Country Life
Just as Jane Austen ... Read more