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The Nice and the Good Summary & Study Guide Description
The Nice and the Good Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Opening with a suicide at a government office, The Nice and the Good plunges the reader into a novel that explores the many aspects of love including obsession, disinterest and the secrets that individuals keep from one another. The novel revolves around the entanglements, secrets and relationships of one extended household. John Ducane, who has been given the task of investigating Radeechy's suicide, is involved with two women. One is a young woman named Jessica, who is obsessed with him and manipulates him to continue their relationship. The second woman, Kate Gray, is the wife of his co-worker, Octavian, and they have embarked on a platonic relationship within the view of her husband and family. As the novel progresses, Ducane's anxiety over the investigation, guilt over his relationship with Jessica and fear that the women will learn about each other swirl together.
The others in the household also experience entanglements...
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