Receiving a manuscript and request for feedback from her vengeful ex-husband of fifteen years, Susan Morrow is drawn into the life of the story's fictional character and confronts a devastating parallel darkness from her own past.
Austin Wright's novel is a disturbing and dazzling work: it describes a special reading experience, combines the suggestiveness of a thriller and the depth of a psychological novel. He talks about fear and regret, revenge and maturation, marriage and failure.
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[This goes back to the letter Susan Morrow's first husband Edward sent her last September]***
(Atlantic Books, 1 May 2010, first published 1 February 1993, ebook, 337 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle)
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I saw the movie Nocturnal Animals a few weeks ago and loved it so I decided to check out the book. If you've seen the movie but not read the book, the movie is very close so the book, almost too close and at times I felt like I was reading the screenplay for the film. Tony & Susan is a cracking read nonetheless. I've never actually read a book with a proper story-within-a-story premise. I might read more because I liked the way it played out in this book. I preferred Tony's story much more to Susan's. Each time we took a detour or a flashback into Susan's life I was keen to get back to Tony's story. To be honest, the book lost one star because Susan's story just wasn't as compelling and felt like filler at times. The book would have been much stronger if it had just been about Tony and a bit longer. Tony & Susan is hugely enjoyable and a bit different.
