A review by nbonz4
The Fall Guy by James Lasdun

4.0

Do you ever really know someone? Everyone has secrets. Perhaps we even keep secrets from ourselves. Who are you really?
The Fall Guy is written along this familiar theme. As you read about Charlie, Chloe and Matthew you begin to wonder who these people really are. A short novel about a summer during which Matthew stays with his cousin Charlie and Charlie's wife, there are a lot of undertones that make you wonder. Although it seemed like this story had a bit of superfluousness to it for being so short, it was interesting enough to make you wonder how the summer would end. And who the fall guy will be...