num_pages: 362
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: Nice & the Good
titlecomplete: Nice & the Good
genres: 20th Century, Philosophy, Literary Fiction, Novels, Womens, Literature, Classics, British Literature, Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 2297
places: Dorset, England, London, England
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Booker Prize
publisher: Penguin