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978-1473630338

The Good Guy

The Good Guy

by Susan Beale

Publisher John Murray

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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.

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About the Author

Susan Beale

Susan Beale's second novel, Misplaced Persons, is published March 4, 2021. Her first novel, The Good Guy, was shortlisted for the 2016 Costa First Novel Award. Beale's previous work as a journalist took her to London, Brussels, Strasbourg and several New England states. She holds an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University in the UK and a BA from Simmons College in Boston. A native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA, Beale has spent most of her adult life in Europe, including seven years in Wells, Somerset. She currently resides in Amsterdam.

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