num_pages: 352
description: Iris Murdoch's richly peopled novel revolves round a happily married couple, Kate and Octavian, and the friends of all ages attached to their household in Dorset. The novel deals with love in its two aspects, the self-gratifying and the impersonal; - The Nice And The Good - as they are embodied in a fascinating array of paired characters. The Nice And The Good leads through stress and terror to a joyous and compassionate Midsummer Nights Dream conclusion, in which the couples all sort themselves out neatly and omnia vincit amor.
language: English
title: The Nice and the Good
titlecomplete: The Nice and the Good
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Womens, Novels, Modern Classics, Philosophy, Fiction, British Literature
ratings_count: 2297
places: London, England, Dorset, England
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Vintage