{"product_id":"9780140030341","title":"The Nice and the Good","description":"\u003cp\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\u003e\"A feast.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47011460448496,"sku":"9780140030341","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140030341_p0.jpg?v=1763641926","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140030341","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}