Book · 2012 · Physicians
The good father
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Um yeah so I wrote a book called The Good Father.
Noah Hawley · How I Write · Jun 2026 Why people recommend it
The Good Father by Noah Hawley is a contemporary novel that follows a medical doctor on his second marriage whose life is upended when his son from a previous marriage is arrested following the assassination of a presidential candidate. The author discussed the book during appearances on The Book Review and How I Write in mid-2024 and mid-2026. While speaking with Pamela Paul on The Book Review, Noah Hawley described the premise of the narrative, detailing the harrowing journey of the protagonist dealing with the unexpected knock on the door and the subsequent fallout of the high-profile crime. Later, on the How I Write podcast, Hawley reflected on the creative process behind the novel, explaining the specific circumstances and personal inspirations that drove him to write the book during a challenging writer's strike. Through these podcast appearances, the author provided listeners with a deeper understanding of the psychological complexity embedded within the story, illuminating both the thematic elements of fatherhood and guilt explored in the text and the practical realities of how the manuscript was brought to life during a turbulent professional period for the writer.
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Noah Hawley Um yeah so I wrote a book called The Good Father. 2
“Um yeah so I wrote a book called The Good Father.”
“yeah the last book was uh called the good father and and it was the story of a doctor who was on a second marriage and there was a assassination of a presidential candidate and there was a knock on his door and the son from his first marriage had been arrested and he goes on a journey to try”