Mr. Bridge

The basis for Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990), starring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

“A small masterpiece.” —Joyce Carol Oates

The classic novel of a repressed upper–middle–class husband in the American Midwest, written in “spare, whimsical, ironic prose” by a New York Times bestselling and Man Booker Prize winning author (The Washington Post)

Walter Bridge is an ambitious Kansas City lawyer who redoubles his efforts and time at the office whenever he senses that his family needs something—even ...