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by RickMarin (Author)

Synopsis

Shy and cosseted, I developed a wide-eyed attraction to anything exciting or damaged. I idolozed women with those qualities but was ill-equipped to deal with them. I didn't even butter my own toast until I left home for college. No wonder, I became a magnet for women who threw toast. And a magnet he was: to every neck-snappingly beautiful nutcase in sight. The story begins with Elizabeth, his ex-wife and the woman who wore Kabuki-style white make up. Martin never saw her without it...and she kept all her hair trimmings in a suitcase under the bed. Eventually, she leaves him for his 29th birthday sends him a copy of American Psycho with a note: I hope this doesn't happen to you . The result is a descent into a rakish experience of sexual manoeuvring. Brilliantly written, with an easy, self-deprecatory charm, we see Martin work his way through various madwomen until salvation: Ilene, who totally has his number...and makes him a better man again.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: Ebury Press
Published: 05 Jun 2003

ISBN 10: 0091885183
ISBN 13: 9780091885182
Book Overview: A vibrantly witty memoir about being newly single in New York

Author Bio
Rick Marin was born to two functional, responsible parents who loved him. With no drama to call his own, he looked for it in women- a mild mannered moth, he was drawn to the candle lit at both ends. A graduate of McGill University and the Columbia School of Journalism, he now writes for The New York Times. His freelance articles have appeared in GQ, Vogue, Rolling Stone, The Wall Street Journal and Harpers Bazaar