The Good Guy

@2@@20@SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2016@21@@3@@2@@20@A deeply compelling novel set in 1960s suburban America for fans of @18@The Engagements@19@ and @18@Tigers in Red Weather.@19@@21@@3@@2@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.@3@@2@@18@The Good Guy @19@is a deeply compelling debut about love, marriage and what happens when good intentions and self-deception are taken to extremes.@3@

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Product details

• Authors: Susan Beale
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.06.2016
• EAN: 9781473630338
• ISBN: 978-1-4736-3033-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 240 mm x 29 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature