Now You See Him

His name was Rob Castor. Quite possibly, you've heard of him. He became a minor cult celebrity in his early twenties for writing a book of darkly pitch perfect stories set in a stupid upstate New York town. About a dozen years later, he murdered his writer-girlfriend and committed suicide...

Now You See Him is one of those rare novels that will possess its readers, a novel you can't put down that is also achingly well-written.

The deaths of Rob Castor and his girlfriend begin an enthralling story that mines the explosive terrains of love and paternity, marriage and its intricacies, family secrets, loyalty and trust.

At the centre of this driving narrative is Rob's childhood best friend, Nick Framingham, whose ten-year marriage to his college sweetheart is faltering. Shocked by Rob's death, Nick begins to reevaluate his own life and his past, and as he does so, a fault line opens up beneath him, leading him all the way to the novel's terrible and moving conclusion.

Award-winning author Eli Gottlieb takes us deep into the human psyche, where the most profound of secrets are kept.

Praise for Now You See Him:

'Now You See Him is a true literary page-turner in which a string of startling revelations unfolds within the constructs of lush and beautiful prose. It is at turns both heartbreaking and breathtaking.'

Ann Patchett

'A mesmerizing blend of suspense and long-buried family secrets...Gottlieb skillfully ratchets up the suspense by doling out the details of Rob's death in bits and pieces, until everything falls into place in a startling conclusion that will rattle even the genre's most experienced readers.'

Publishers Weekly

‘Gottlieb takes his reader on a calculated tour through family secrets and small-town tensions, and he delivers all his narrative blows with impeccable precision…This is the kind of book that you’ll revisit—to discover that the clues to the ending were there all along.’

Big Issue

‘It’s a novel that chooses its words carefully but without sacrificing its narrative drive when waxing lyrical. From the very first page it draws you into its vortex of sex, lies and beautiful dead bodies…The framing of the story is such that the tension mounts to a white-knuckle climax, with the denouement shocking but satisfying…Eli Gottlieb has a fine way with words. Metaphors and similes are startling and evocative…He sheds new light on evergreen topics of trust, friendships, familial connection, marital breakdown and adultery.’

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