Description
A respected Whitehall civil servant is drawn into a puzzling case when a colleague’s suicide shocks London’s quiet corridors of power. Tasked with investigating, John Ducane follows the threads of an extended household’s tangled relationships—where charm and respectability mask secrets, rivalries, and moral compromises. Blending the momentum of a thriller with the wit of romantic comedy, the novel explores how people perform “goodness,” how they justify cruelty, and how the pursuit of truth can expose both tenderness and corruption. With Iris Murdoch’s signature blend of philosophical insight and sharp social observation, this is a story of character, conscience, and the uneasy distance between what is nice and what is truly good.
Available Editions
hardcover
Viking Adult
Published Jan 5, 1968
394 pages
ISBN: 9780670510252
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Details
First Published
1968
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Nice and the Good by Iris Murdoch.