Título: The Good Father
Autor: Noah Hawley
Sinopse: An intense, psychological novel about one doctor's suspense-filled quest to unlock the mind of a suspected political assassin: his twenty-year old son. As the Chief of Rheumatology at Columbia Presbyterian, Dr. Paul Allen's specialty is diagnosing patients with conflicting symptoms, patients other doctors have given up on. He lives a contented life in Westport with his second wife and their twin sons--hard won after a failed marriage earlier in his career that produced a son named Daniel. In the harrowing opening scene of this provocative and affecting novel, Dr. Allen is home with his family when a televised news report announces that the Democratic candidate for president has been shot at a rally, and Daniel is caught on video as the assassin. Daniel Allen has always been a good kid--a decent student, popular--but, as a child of divorce, used to shuttling back and forth between parents, he is also something of a drifter. Which may be why, at the age of nineteen, he quietly drops out of Vassar and begins an aimless journey across the United States, during which he sheds his former skin and eventually even changes his name to Carter Allen Cash. Told alternately from the point of view of the guilt-ridden, determined father and his meandering, ruminative son, "The Good Father" is a powerfully emotional page-turner that keeps one guessing until the very end. This is an absorbing and honest novel about the responsibilities--and limitations--of being a parent and our capacity to provide our children with unconditional love in the face of an unthinkable situation.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “The Good Father”, de Noah Hawley, publicado pela editora Thorndike Press, em 2012 e com 562 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Thorndike Press
Páginas: 562
Ano: 2012
Edição: Large Print
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9781410447692
ISBN13: 9781410447692
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Thorndike Press conduzem o leitor por narrativas que misturam aventura, suspense e dramas pessoais, frequentemente ambientados em cenários marcantes como regiões remotas, pequenas cidades ou contextos históricos. As sinopses sugerem um equilíbrio entre tramas mais narrativas, como romances e histórias de mistério, e obras que exploram conflitos internos e sociais com ritmo que varia do tenso ao contemplativo. O catálogo revela personagens complexos, desde exploradores em jornadas perigosas até protagonistas que enfrentam dilemas emocionais, o que gera uma leitura envolvente e multifacetada. O tom oscila entre o dramático e o intimista, com atenção a detalhes que criam atmosferas densas e realistas.
