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Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About
by Mil Millington
Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About concerns a guy named Pel who lives with his German girlfriend, Ursula. Pel leads an uneventful life—quietly bluffing his way through his job and discovering new things to argue about with Ursula. But when his boss mysteriously disappears, Pel steps innocently into his shoes and his life spirals out of control in a chaotic whirl of stolen money, missing colleagues, and... (more)
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Dinner for Two
by Mike Gayle
Dave Harding's got a wonderful wife, a beautiful home, and a job he could do in his sleep... So no one is more surprised than Dave when he hears his own biological clock start ticking. Loudly. Unfortunately, his better half, Izzy, has no nine-month plan for fat ankles or a credit line at Baby Gap. With even worse timing, the music magazine Dave writes for folds. Desperate for work, he's forced to become an... (more)
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My Legendary Girlfriend
by Mike Gayle
A debut that took Great Britain by storm, My Legendary Girlfriend introduced the world to the loveable, lovestruck Will Kelly. It’s been three years since his heartthrob, Agnes, wrecked his life with a chat that started, “It’s like that song. ‘If you love somebody, set him free.’” But no matter how much time goes by, Will doesn’t feel very free. He still makes lists of each birthday present Aggi ever gave... (more)
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Turning Thirty
by Mike Gayle
What's the big deal? Unlike a lot of people, Matt Beckford is actually looking forward to turning thirty. His twenties really weren't so great...and now he has his love life, his career, his finances -- even his record collection -- pretty much in order, like any good grown-up should. But when, out of the blue, Elaine announces she "can't do this anymore," Matt is left with the prospect of facing the big... (more)
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Mr. Commitment
by Mike Gayle
Straight from the bestseller lists in the UK comes a novel "full of belly laughs and painfully acute observations" ( The Independent on Sunday ), an excursion into the world of a modern male that "delivers its punch lines directly to the heart" ( Birmingham Evening Mail ). Like Helen Fielding's smash success Bridget Jones and Nick Hornby's classic High Fidelity , Mr. Commitment promises to make a big splash... (more)
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Goodbye Lemon
by Adam Davies
A piercing and hilarious story about love, family, and redemption by the author of The Frog King . Jack Tennant is going home. Against his better judgment, he has succumbed to his mother's guilt-laden pleas that he see his estranged father. Jack's do-gooder girlfriend believes that this trip is a chance for Jack to achieve peace with his family, but there's a lot she doesn't know about the Tennants. So Jack... (more)
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I Think She's Trying to Tell Me Something
by Dan Graziano
Sportswriter Jack Byrnes is seeing lots of women...no matter how hard he tries not to. See, a funny thing happened to Jack on the way to his thirtieth birthday. Everywhere he goes, he runs into a woman from his past: there's Mary Ann, whose random appearance in an Arizona airport started this mess; Amy, The One that Got Away, who has abandoned Boston for a fiance and the Upper West Side; Connie, The Recent Ex... (more)
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Love and Other Near-Death Experiences
by Mil Millington
Hello. My name is Robert, and I haven’t been dead for sixty-three days now. If he hadn’t bought those crummy towels, Rob would be six feet under. But his poor shopping sense accidentally set off a convoluted chain of events that meant he lived when all those others died in the pub explosion. Okay, maybe it wasn’t the ugly towels that saved his life. Perhaps it was some other random action, some other small... (more)
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White City Blue
by Tim Lott
Estate agent Frankie Blue is known on his home turf - White City, Shepherd's Bush - as 'Frank theFib'. He's a liar - but one who always tries to tell the truth. He has been friends with Diamond Tony, a hairdresser, Colin, a computer nerd, and Nodge, a cabbie, since schooldays. Now they are thirty, and trying to live the same life as they did then - drinking, girls, coke, and football. But Frankie is bored. He's... (more)
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The Catsitters: A Novel
by James Wolcott
Suppose Bridget Jones had a twin brother? Meet Johnny Downs -- Half man, half mess. Bartender by day, actor by night, Johnny Downs cheerfully floats through life, living alone with his jukebox and his cat. But he is about to discover that while he's been floating, he's been drifting downstream -- heading for disaster. Blindsided when his dazzler of a girlfriend dumps him like yesterday's news, Johnny is wounded,... (more)
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I Just Want My Pants Back: A Novel
by David J. Rosen
Jason Strider is a twentysomething young man in the city, with an English degree from an Ivy League university, a very small apartment in the West Village, a vapid job as a receptionist at a casting agency—and no particular idea what to do with his life. On most evenings, Jason gets stoned and goes out, sometimes with his party-hearty school chum Tina and sometimes alone in the immemorial male quest to get laid... (more)
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The Ultimatum
by Dan Graziano
Henry's got it good. He's a semi-successful, if not yet famous novelist. He's got a good job and good buds. Best of all, he's got Layla, his long-time, live-in lover, a fast-track associate at a New Jersey law firm. Henry loves Layla and she loves him. Life is a banquet, until . . . The Ultimatum ! In a week, Henry and Layla are off to Maine for a friend's wedding. And if Henry hasn't proposed marriage by the... (more)
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Selfish and Perverse
by Bob Smith
Nelson Kunker is trapped in his job as the script supervisor on Aftertaste, the low-rated late-night sketch television show. His life in Los Angeles has come to a halt because he's unable to finish the novel he's writing, doesn't have a boyfriend, and, at the pivotal age of thirty-four, has reached the juncture where he has to decide whether he's really talented or just gay. One day he meets Roy Briggs, a... (more)
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The Patron Saint of Unmarried Women
by Karl Ackerman
A warm, wry, wonderfully on-target take on contemporary romance. Jack and Nina are lovers who have moved on--he to his Washington, D.C., landscaping business, she to painting--and to another man. But Jack cannot forget Nina, and how he tries to win her heart again is the engaging premise of this funny and charming novel. "Blessed with humor and heart."--USA Today.
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Dead of Light (New English Library (Hodder and Stoughton).)
by Chaz Brenchley
A horror novel by the author of "Mall Time", "The Garden", "The Samaritan", "The Refuge" and "Paradise".
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Men and Other Mammals
by Jim Keeble
cott Barron seems to have it all-a beautiful girlfriend, a dazzling career as a published poet, and a great future. In contrast, his younger brother Jes is a married, overweight, unpublished writer with a fondness for penguins. Then why is it that, to Scott, Jes' life always seems so much better? He finds out, but only after his girlfriend decides to split (just as he was about to say the 'L' word-and almost mean... (more)
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The Dead Father's Guide to Sex & Marriage
by John Scott Shepherd
Joe Way loved his father. He admired, respected, and emulated him. And if the adulterous bastard hadn't dropped dead on the first tee, Joe just might have murdered him. The son of Cleveland's mayor and an all-American coverboy, Joseph Way Jr. is following his father's footsteps into public service. A hotshot assistant D.A., he's blessed with his father's knee-buckling charm and the love of a whiplash blonde... (more)
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The Average American Male
by Chad Kultgen
Are you ready to meet the average American male?
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Lucky Dog
by Mark Barrowcliffe
Dave Bartok is not having the best of years. His mother has just died, he is an addicted poker player, and (hugely in debt), his real estate business is sinking, and he doesn’t really like his longtime girlfriend. When he gets saddled with an abandoned dog, he doesn’t think things can get worse. And then Reg the dog starts talking --and only Dave can hear him. At first Dave thinks he’s gone crazy, but he soon... (more)
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A Long Way Down
by Nick Hornby
The story is written in the first-person narrative from the points of view of the four main characters, Martin, Maureen, Jess and JJ. These four strangers happen to meet on the roof of a high building called Topper's House in London on New Year's Eve, each with the intent of committing suicide. Their plans for death in solitude, however, are ruined when they meet. The novel recounts their misadventures as they... (more)

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