'Palm-tingling sensation ... captivating ... a completely convincing imaginative performance ... enthralling' The Times

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 has fallen in love with another man, the consequences of a moment of madness force him to question not just the design of his life but the price of fulfilment. 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.

Reviews for The Big Picture

'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 fiendishly clever, yet serious tale of middle-class frustration that will touch anyone who has ever wanted to escape their life. The Thriller goes into a new domain - The Real World.

About the Author

Douglas Kennedy's previous twelve novels include the critically acclaimed bestsellersThe Big Picture, The Pursuit of Happiness, A Special Relationship and The Moment. He is also the author of three highly-praised travel books. The Big Picture was filmed with Romain Duris and Catherine Deneuve; The Woman in the Fifth with Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas.

His work has been translated into twenty-two languages. In 2007 he was awarded the French decoration of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and in 2009 the inaugural Grand Prix de Figaro. Born in Manhattan in 1955, he has two children and currently divides his time between London, Paris, Berlin, Maine and New York.

Reviews
This astonishingly assured first novel, by an American working in London as a journalist, has a breathless readability that is rare...The book is more than just a compelling read: it also has poignant and moving things to say about lost opportunities and wasted lives in America, the cynical quality of sudden fame, the awfulness of willed separation from deeply loved children * Publishers Weekly, starred review *
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 *



Book Information
ISBN 9780349117386
Author Douglas Kennedy
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Abacus
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 305g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 28mm