The Easy Way Out

The Easy Way Out

By Stephen McCauley
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“An exhilarating, entertaining, smart novel. Vivid, quirky characters leap off the page.”

San Francisco Chronicle

Patrick O’Neil is a travel agent who never goes anywhere. His closest confidante, Sharon, is chain-smoking her way to singles hell, passing up man after man. His parents, proprietors of a suburban men’s store whose fortunes are sagging more visibly than its customers, can’t agree how best to interfere in their sons’ lives. And his lover, Arthur (a nice golden retriever of a guy to whom Patrick can’t quite commit), wants to cement their relationship by buying a house.

Then a call comes in the middle of another sleepless night. Tony, Patrick’s straight-as-an-arrow younger brother, has fallen in love with a beautiful lawyer who is turning him on to … opera.

Unfortunately, she’s not the woman he’s already pledged to marry. Tony’s life is a mess. Finally, the brothers have something in common.

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  1. Odin
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    Not everyone's cup of tea, but some fun in unusual places.

    Interesting journey this Patrick O’Neal, travel agent living in Cambridge takes as he works his way through experiences mostly controlled by others. Not a fan of commitment, when his partner, Arthur, opts to buy a house, Patrick is put-offish. Patrick comes from a family where the father succeeded in running a mediocre business, while his older brother in in survival mode with a marriage in a state of misery with his wife wanting a divorce. Just a typical family, eh? With unique characters with a balance of humor and pathos, the story doesn’t take us to a super denouement, it does end with satisfaction and a resolution of sorts for the listener. Fun listen, good dialogue.

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