Based on the true story of the kidnapping of an Exxon executive in suburban New Jersey, The Good Life is the chilling story of an ordinary husband and wife consumed by their pursuit of the American Dream. A novel of the American dream gone wrong that reads like "the literary love child of Truman Capote and Robert Altman."--San Francisco Chronicle "Why is crime so fascinating?...The GoodLife dares us to ponder the question." -New York Times Book Review "A thriller that stakes its chills on moral suspense and hits the jackpot...A-"-Entertainment Weekly "An astute and detailed comment on the American Dream"s criminal edge...an effective warning about the narcotic effect of materialism." -Publishers Weekly "You read on with quickening excitement. Scribner has written his way into the sordid center of a riveting, morally complex crime."-Scott Spencer, author of Men in Black "A riveting, psychologically sophisticated first novel."-Library Journal