A Good and Happy Child

Justin Evans

Original title: A good and happy child

earliest edition we have, 1998 Three Rivers Press, 2007 paperback 322 pages

A brilliant debut novel - part psychological thriller, part literary horror story: think The Secret History meets The ExorcistGeorge Davies has a problem: he can't bring himself to hold his newborn son. Desperate to save his dwindling marriage and redeem himself as a father and husband, George visits a therapist and begins to delve into the childhood memories that may be the root of his issues. Ten-year-old George, i...

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Editions we hold

Good and Happy Child edition · 2008 · Penguin Random House · 9781407014463
A Good and Happy Child paperback · 2008 · Vintage Books · 336 pages · 9780099520313
Good and Happy Child edition · 2008 · Penguin Random House · 9781407014470
A Good and Happy Child ebook · 2008 · Random House Publishing Group · 9781407014456
A good and happy child paperback · 2007 · Three Rivers Press · 322 pages · 9780307351289
A Good and Happy Child ebook · 2007 · Crown Publishing Group · 9780307395139
A Good and Happy Child hardcover · 2007 · Shaye Areheart Books · 336 pages · 9780307351227
Good and Happy Child edition · 1998 · Penguin Random House · 9781407017006

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