The Good Father by Noah Hawley
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Reviewed by Lisa Redmond
A
heartfelt and beautifully written novel, The Good Father examines the relationship
between Paul Allen and his son Daniel alternating their stories in the
aftermath of Daniel’s shooting of a Presidential candidate many saw as a symbol
of hope.
Comparisons with We Need to Talk about
Kevin will be inevitable as The Good Father deals with a parent trying to
comprehend how their child could have become a killer, but written from the
point of view of a father questioning his parenting skills Noah Hawley gives
the age old question of nature versus nurture a fresh angle.
Paul is a rheumatologist, the doctor of
last resort for many, for him diagnosis is about investigation. Inevitably as
Paul tries to comprehend the choices Daniel has made he begins to compile a
file examining Daniel’s life and reading about previous political assassinations
he concludes that Daniel must be innocent.
We are also given an insight into Daniel’s
mind as he drifts through life feeling disconnected.
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