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The Best a Man Can Get

Paperback • 2001 • English

The Best a Man Can Get

By John O'Farrell

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About the book

Michael Adams shares a flat with three other men in their late twenties. Days are spent lying in bed, playing computer games and occasionally doing a bit of work. And then, when he feels like it, he crosses the river and goes back to his unsuspecting wife and children. For Michael is living a double life - he escapes from the exhausting misery of babies by telling his wife he has to work through the night or travel up north. And while she is valiantly coping on her own, he is just a few miles...Show more

Espionage and spy thriller
Narrative theme: Identity / belonging
Thriller: serial killers

Book details

ISBN

9780552998444

Publisher

Black Swan

Published year

2001

Language

English

Original title

The Best a Man Can Get

Format

Paperback

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