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    Man and Wife

    By Andrew Klavan

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    Cal Bradleys marriage to Marie is the stuff of romance. Then one night, a 19-year-old boy named Peter Blue goes on a rampage. Friendless and suicidal, Blue is sent to Bradley for treatment. For the patient, it's a last chance at redemption. For the doctor, it's the beginning of a journey into a world of fear, deception, and murder. Because somehow, Blue's extraordinary inner life is linked to Cal's reality. And in the mystery of the teenager's mind lies the key to a more terrible mystery: Marie Bradley's hidden past.


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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJan 20, 2003
    ISBN9781429938761
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    Andrew Klavan

    Andrew Klavan is a highly successful author of thirty-six thrillers and hard-boiled mysteries. Born in New York City, Klavan was raised on Long Island and attended college at the University of California at Berkeley. He published his first novel, Face of the Earth, in 1977, and found critical recognition when The Rain won the Edgar Award for best new paperback. He lives in California.

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    • 5/5
      Another stellar work from one of my favorite writers. This is probably the only book I've ever read where I knew how it comes out in the end, yet could not put it down. Klavan's understanding of human nature is scary. My favorite moment is when our cynical, grade-A S.O.B. protagonist ponders all the reasons why he should not get involved, then says something like, "Of course I KNEW I had to. I just couldn't think of a reason why, that's all, but I knew." Even before Klavan started writing openly pro-Christian fiction, when he was still firmly in the noir "life-sucks-and-then-you-die" mode, he was already producing gems like this. It's one of those books where you rush to get to the end, then want to read more because you know the author has more to say, and you want to listen.

      As an aside, I used to be a huge fan of Clint Eastwood, but after reading this book and finding out that he insisted on changing the condemned man's race to "make it more relevant," I am hard pressed to keep my respect for him as an artist. The whole plot of the story revolves around the accused being white. If you pay attention to how the story comes together, its twists and turns, they just would not happen, beginning to end, without the defendant being white. Boo to Mr. Eastwood. Not to mention he was wrong for the role... Just read the book, enjoy the story as it was meant to be, and forget the movie.
    • 5/5
      Didn't see the movie. Finished the book in three days. Not going to see the movie: nothing could be better than this. This story is a roller-coaster, it's got everything -- including a Ford Tempo!
    • 5/5
      Reporter Steve Everett is not usually the type to turn into an heroic do-gooder overnight - he drinks too much, makes love to his boss' wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth that has him literally fighting the clock. He has just discovered that a convicted killer is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit. Now an imperfect defender must find a way to stall the ultimate end-game.In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is preparing himself for the end. He's ready to say goodbye to the wife and child he loves and greet the God he still believes in. He knows that he will go into Eternity with a clear conscience, heart and soul; filled with the knowledge that he did not commit the murder of a convenience store clerk six years ago.But in the interest of justice - unless Steve Everett can find the evidence to halt his execution - Frank Beachum will die by lethal injection. The killing machine is primed; the executioner is waiting and now the battle is on - between the reporter with all his inner demons, and a system with lethal flaws. The prize at the end of this fight will be the life of an innocent man.I really enjoyed this book so much. I have never seen the movie adaptation of the book, I don't usually like Clint Eastwood, but I would definitely be curious to see how the book is interpreted. True Crime is Grade A+! material to my mind and I can't wait to find more of Andrew Klavan's work to read.
    • 4/5
      A frenetic race against time by a dedicated - but flawed - journalist to save a man on Death Row. The fact that the hero is human and super-human, makes the story all the more believable and emotionally charged. And reader really feels the pace.I first saw this as a movie with Clint Eastwood - and it was a perfect role for him. He knows how to play the strength-within-weakness that is the hallmark of credible, realistic heroes.