{"product_id":"book-atca","title":"The Good Father","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning creator of the TV show \u003ci\u003eFargo\u003c\/i\u003e and author of the bestseller \u003ci\u003eBefore the Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e 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.  \u003cbr\u003e      \u003cbr\u003eDaniel 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.\u003cbr\u003e      \u003cbr\u003eTold alternately from the point of view of the guilt-ridden, determined father and his meandering, ruminative son, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Father\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49337639633200,"sku":"BDatca","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/242780-atca-Square.jpg?v=1733973678","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-atca","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}