A hilarious and touching debut novel-in the seriocomic Nick Hornby tradition-that demonstrates why marriage, fatherhood, and maturity don't always arrive on a synchronized schedule. Michael Adams is a composer of advertising jingles who shares a flat with three other men in their late twenties. Days are spent lying in bed, playing computer and musical trivia games, and occasionally doing a spot of work. And, when he feels like it, he crosses the river and goes back to his unsuspecting wife and children. For Michael is ...
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A hilarious and touching debut novel-in the seriocomic Nick Hornby tradition-that demonstrates why marriage, fatherhood, and maturity don't always arrive on a synchronized schedule. Michael Adams is a composer of advertising jingles who shares a flat with three other men in their late twenties. Days are spent lying in bed, playing computer and musical trivia games, and occasionally doing a spot of work. And, 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 pull an all-nighter at work or travel away on business. And while she is valiantly coping on her own, he is just a few miles away in his male paradise, doing all the stupid, pointless, gloriously enjoyable stuff that most men with small children can only dream about. He thinks he can lead this double life indefinitely, until the inevitable slip exposes him and threatens to blow his marriage to kingdom come. The Best a Man Can Get is a darkly comic confessional that peers deeply (and amusingly) into the soul of the contemporary male, divided between the pull of family and the dream of escape. Graced by a flawless eye for detail and impeccable timing, it offers a generous allotment of both belly laughs and shocks of recognition for men and women alike. John O'Farrell has finally given readers the sparkling and candid novel that fatherhood needs and deserves.
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Add this copy of The Best a Man Can Get to cart. $1.99, very good condition, Sold by Cuyahoga Valley Book Company rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Peninsula, OH, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Broadway Books.
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Very Good. GREAT BOOK! NO SPINE CREASES & MILD SHELF WEAR ON COVER. FAINT WATER STAIN ON EDGE OF PAGES, NAME ON ENDPAGE, NO MARKINGS IN TEXT. "Description: To escape the demands of fatherhood and husbandhood, Michael Adams has found a refuge in the form of a rented flat that he shares with three other 20-somethings. Unbeknownst to his wife, he manages to hang out and be irresponsible until he's ready to face reality again. Then another kind of reality intrudes, and Michael is faced with exposure--and maybe divorce."
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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