Review of 'The Best a Man Can Get'

The Best a Man Can Get by John John

This story follows a young man leading a double life in London. While pretending to go to work every day Michael Adams leaves his wife Catherine to take care of their children while he goes to his apartment on the other side of the city to spend the day living what he believes to be the ultimate existance of sleeping, watching TV and generally doing nothing all the while making a bit of money writing jingles for commercials. Of course, something has to give and when it happens, it REALLY happens. This is very much a contemporary English novel that plays upon the typical social foibles of London. This is a very humourous and readable novel though I must admit I found myself appalled at Michael's seeming obliviousness to the consequences of his own, selfish, behaviour and his wife's blindness to it. A nice, generally light, read.

Rating: “A bit better than average”

Genre: General Fiction