Greatest Possible Good

The hilarious, thought-provoking new novel from the Somerset Maugham and British Book Award-winning Ben Brooks. 'A sharp-witted tragicomedy about money, morality, and a family teetering on the brink. A splendidly funny novel.' Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street 'Brooks is a frighteningly young talent.'Tim Key 'I love Ben Brooks.' Matt Haig Arthur Candlewick spends three days in a disused mineshaft with onlyhis son's drug stash, a book on the concept of 'effective altruism' anda bottle of medium-priced Bordeaux for company. When he emerges,he has made the life-changing decision to become a good man. Deciding to sell the family timber business and give away his wealthto charity, Arthur's family becomes convinced that he has losthis mind. His university-bound daughter, Evangeline, wants to change the worldbut perhaps not at the cost of her own privileged life. His son, Emil, good at maths and not much else, becomes moredistant than ever. And his wife, Yara, who arrives at airports four hours early and fearsthat AI and climate change will leave her children unemployed, justwants the doctor to run another brain scan on her husband. Incisive, hilarious and unflinchingly human, The Greatest PossibleGood asks fundamental questions about what it means to live agood life while introducing the world to one of the great families ofcontemporary literature. 'Ben Brooks is a magical imp who pumps out dark nuggets of poetry and makes you snort with laughter.' Noel Fielding 'Brooks has the timing of a genius stand-up comic.' Richard Milward 'Ben Brooks is a writer who genuinely excites me.' Colin Herd, 3:AM Magazine