The Good Guy

A deeply compelling novel about love and marriage set in 1960s suburban America

By: Susan Beale

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Paperback | 9 March 2017 | Edition Number 1

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320 Pages

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2 x 12.8 x 19.6

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A deeply compelling novel set in 1960s suburban America. This is a brilliant first novel about love, marriage and self-deception.

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.

About the Author

Susan Beale was brought up on Cape Cod but lives in the UK. She is a recent graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Creative Writing. The Good Guy is her first novel.

Industry Reviews

A joy - Samantha Harvey, author of The Wilderness

What Beale does so beautifully in this accomplished debut novel is to put you right into the minds of the three main characters . . . A few other things also set this book apart. One is the framing device of a prologue and epilogue set in 2008, showing one of the long-term effects of Ted and Penny's affair and demonstrating the story's personal resonance for the author. Another is the authentic period voices and vocabulary, often expressed in food metaphors . . . 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

Perfect summer read - Nudge Books

Fresh and lively - Daily Mail

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