The Good Father

Author(s): Noah Hawley

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Who makes us what we become?Dr Paul Allen is a well-respected man. He lives a happy, comfortable life with his second wife and their family. Until the night when a knock at the door blows his world apart: a hugely popular presidential candidate has been shot, and they say the young man who pulled the trigger is Paul's son.Daniel, the only child from his first, failed marriage, was always a good kid and Paul is convinced his quiet boy is not capable of murder.Overwhelmed by a vortex of feelings, Paul embarks on a mission to understand what happened and why. Following the trail of his son's journey across America, he is forced to re-examine his life as a husband and a parent, and every decision he ever made.What follows is a powerfully emotional and suspense-filled quest that keeps you guessing to the very end.'Monsters don't just become monsters, after all.'

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'Brilliant and heartbreaking, The Good Father is a thriller, a mystery and above all else a savagely contemporary, hugely important story ... it will haunt the reader for a long time.' -- Tony Parsons 'Riveting, moving, unique. This novel deserves to become a classic.' -- Sophie Hannah 'I read THE GOOD FATHER into the small hours. It is that rare gem: a genuine literary thriller, as deep as it is wide. A beautiful, moving and important novel.' -- Erin Kelly, author of The Poison Tree 'An unblinking look at the ills of modern America, and a conclusion: love might address them in a way that wealth cannot.' -- Justin Webb, presenter of the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 'With great skill, Hawley renders Dr. Allen's treacherous emotional geography, from his shock and guilt to his growing sense tha the knows far less about his son than he thought ...' -- Publisher's Weekly 'A gripping and poignant novel that chimes with We Need to Talk About Kevin and Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild. The Good Father is a clever dissection of American gun culture, and what it means to love and trust someone. The perfect reading group book.' -- Patrick Neale in the Bookseller 'Ostensibly a crime thriller, in American screenwriter Noah Hawley's hands it plays out more as a meditation on fatherhood with a subplot that brilliantly subverts the romance of the American road trip ... sure to be a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic.' -- Huffington Post UK 'Noah Hawley taps into Lionel Shriver and Jared Lee Loughner for THE GOOD FATHER, which tracks a man's descent into the mind of his son, arrested for killing a presidential front-runner.' -- Publishers Weekly best books of Spring 2012

Noah Hawley created and ran the ABC television shows The Unusuals and My Generation, and wrote the film Lies & Alibis. Noah's short fiction has appeared in the Paris Review. He currently splits his time between Los Angeles, CA and Austin, TX, where he lives with his wife and daughter.

General Fields

  • : 9781444730371
  • : Hodder & Stoughton General Division
  • : Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
  • : January 2012
  • : 234mm X 153mm
  • : April 2012
  • : books

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  • : Noah Hawley
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : 320