The Good Guy
- Author Susan Beale
- Narrator Caitlin Shannon, Craig Van Ness
- Publisher John Murray Press
- Run Time 10 hours and 8 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
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
Critics Review
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A joy
Samantha Harvey, author of The Wilderness -
Inspired by the author’s own experience, The Good Guy is a story of marriage, self-deception and the pressure to conform in Sixties suburban New England
i -
A delicious, slightly gossipy summer read with a Mad Men feel to it. I’d especially recommend this to readers who enjoyed The Longest Night by Andria Williams and Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann
Bookbag -
There’s definitely a Mad Men vibe to The Good Guy
Red, Best Books to Read this June -
Fresh and lively
Daily Mail -
Beale has crafted an engaging and harrowing portrait of womanhood and domestic life, astutely exploring the many ways in which distance and proximity can co-exist
Times Literary Supplement
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