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The Good Guy: A deeply compelling novel about love and marriage set in 1960s suburban America

By
- Susan Beale
With:
- Caitlin Shannon
- Craig Van Ness
Publisher
- John Murray

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1 Ratings: 2
Duration: 10H 8min
Language: English
Format
Category: Fiction

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016

A deeply compelling novel set in 1960s suburban America for fans of The Engagements and Tigers in Red Weather.

Ted, a car-tyre salesman in 1960s suburban New England, is a dreamer who craves admiration. His wife, Abigail, longs for a life of the mind. Single-girl Penny just wants to be loved. When a chance encounter brings Ted and Penny together, he becomes enamoured and begins inventing a whole new life with her at its centre. But when this fantasy collides with reality, the fallout threatens everything, and everyone, he holds dear.

The Good Guy is a deeply compelling debut about love, marriage and what happens when good intentions and self-deception are taken to extremes.

(P)2017 John Murray Press

Release date

Audiobook: 9 February 2017