The Job

Description

Ned Allen is young, smart, and upwardly mobile. Several years into his career as an ad salesman for a successful computer magazine, Ned's finally left his small-town roots behind, and is certain that the sophisticated Manhattan world he covets is his forever. His wife Lizzie is also a rising star of a prestigious PR firm. It seems that Ned's made it. But then what appeared to be a career break shows its true colours. Ned's forced to make some tough calls, among them a question of ethics and the small matter of whether to lie to his wife - and when the tough calls just keep getting tougher he finds himself on the brink of losing everything ...

Douglas Kennedy is the author of THE BIG PICTURE, THE DEAD HEART and three travel books, BEYOND THE PYRAMIDS, IN GOD'S COUNTRY and CHASING MAMMON. Born in New York City in 1955, he lives in London with his wife and two children.

*'A furiously paced, compulsive thriller' THE TIMES **'Wickedly inventive' INDEPENDENT **'Rattles towards its conclusion like a runaway train. Like a good salesman, Kennedy really knows how to close' ESQUIRE **'A comic fable masquerading as a contemporary thriller...Kennedy proves himself a master' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY **'Scintillating' SUNDAY TIMES **"Fast-paced and skilfully controlled' GUARDIAN.