The Big Picture - Softcover

Kennedy, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786889373 ISBN 13: 9780786889372

Publisher: Voice, 1998

Synopsis

Ben Bradford is a partner in a powerful Manhattan law firm with a beautiful wife in the affluent Connecticut suburbs. But beneath the exterior, Ben is unfulfilled in his career and only finds solace in his darkroom with his dreams of being a photographer. With the ironic discovery that his wife is having an affair with a neighbor who is a photographer, Ben goes over the edge in his attempt to put things right, and changes his life forever. It's an unbelievable change--unless you see the big picture.

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Review:

Oscar Wilde once said that the only real tragedy in life is getting what you want. Ben Bradford, the protagonist of Douglas Kennedy's new novel, The Big Picture, is living proof of that adage. At the start of Kennedy's novel, Ben Bradford would appear to have it all: a beautiful wife, a big suburban home, two kids and a partnership in a prestigious New York law firm. But Ben's heart lies neither with his family nor his career. Instead, he dreams of being a photographer, and when he discovers his wife is having an affair with the man next door--who happens to be a photographer--Ben snaps and commits an act that will commit him to a whole new way of life, forever.

Kennedy threads his tale of obsession, murder, and identity with themes that resonate strongly today: what compromises are worth making? What sacrifices require too much? The Big Picture is both a thriller and a cautionary tale concerning the complexities of modern life.

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Voice
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0786889373
• ISBN 13: 9780786889372
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 496