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Ben Bradford is a partner in a powerful Manhattan law firm with a beautiful wife in the affluent Connecticut suburbs. But beneath the exterior, Ben is unfulfilled in his career and only finds solace in his darkroom with his dreams of being a photographer. With the ironic discovery that his wife is having an affair with a neighbor who is a photographer, Ben goes over the edge in his attempt to put things right, and changes his life forever. It's an unbelievable change--unless you see the big picture.
Amazon.com Review
Oscar Wilde once said that the only real tragedy in life is getting what you want. Ben Bradford, the protagonist of Douglas Kennedy's new novel, The Big Picture, is living proof of that adage. At the start of Kennedy's novel, Ben Bradford would appear to have it all: a beautiful wife, a big suburban home, two kids and a partnership in a prestigious New York law firm. But Ben's heart lies neither with his family nor his career. Instead, he dreams of being a photographer, and when he discovers his wife is having an affair with the man next door--who happens to be a photographer--Ben snaps and commits an act that will commit him to a whole new way of life, forever.
Kennedy threads his tale of obsession, murder, and identity with themes that resonate strongly today: what compromises are worth making? What sacrifices require too much? The Big Picture is both a thriller and a cautionary tale concerning the complexities of modern life.
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