{"product_id":"the-nice-and-the-good-9780140030341","title":"The Nice and the Good","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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\u003eA feast.--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862433268055,"sku":"9780140030341","price":19.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140030341.jpg?v=1759917792","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-nice-and-the-good-9780140030341","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}