The Big Picture
By (Author) Douglas Kennedy
Little, Brown Book Group
Abacus
6th September 2003
7th August 2003
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and mystery fiction
Contemporary lifestyle fiction
823.914
Paperback
384
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 28mm
305g
On the face of it, Ben Bradford is your standard Wall Street hot shot - Junior partner in a legal firm, 6 figure income, wife and two young kids straight out of a Gap catalogue. But along with the WASP lifestyle comes the sting - Ben hates it. He wants - has always wanted - to be a photographer. When he discovers his wife is playing outside the ground, the conseqences of a moment of madness force him to question not just the design of his life but the price of fulfiment. Because finding yourself means nothing when you're pretending to be someone else. From the picket fences of yuppie New England to Montana's untouchable splendour, THE BIG PICTURE spans states and states of mind in a thrilling novel of genuine originality.
**'Palm-tingling sensation . captivating . a completely convincing imaginative performance . enthralling' THE TIMES **'THE HORSE WHISPERER recast by Patricia Highsmith . a compulsive page- turner and a dark moral fable' MAIL ON SUNDAY **'Kennedy's skill is to send you racing down the slope of sheer story' ESQUIRE **'A ferociously plotted, hip and funny thriller' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY**'The kind of book you'll find yourself reading until 2 a.m.' COSMOPOLITAN
Douglas Kennedy is the author of the acclaimed novel THE DEAD HEART as well as three travel books. He was born in New York City in 1955 and is married with two children.