From "one of our most gifted writers" (Chicago Tribune), here is a superb new novel that delicately unearths the myriad manifestations of extraordinary love between ordinary people. In vignettes both comic and sexy, men and women speak of and desire their ideal mates: The owner of a coffee shop recalls the day his first wife seemed to achieve a moment of simple perfection; a young couple spends hours at the coffee shop fueling the idea of their fierce love; a professor of philosophy, stopping by for a cup of coffee, makes a valiant attempt to explain what he knows to be the inexplicable working of the human heart. Their voices resonate with each other and come together in a tapestry that depicts the most irresistible arena of life.
There's plenty of sex in this audiobook, but the title is ironic. Narrators Scott Brick and Amanda Karr play the parts of a half-dozen characters, including a world-weary cafe owner, a waitress with star quality, and a philosopher with a deranged son. Although winsome and bursting with talent, the narrators are slightly miscast. Brick's Jewish accent misses the mark, and Karr's voice has too much of an Ivory Girl quality for the hard-edged beauty she portrays. Still, Baxter's writing is full of playful little bouquets like this one: "Making love to him was like going though a car wash, only you come out dirtier and more alive on the other end." E.D.R. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
About the Author
CHARLES BAXTE Live in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and teaches at the University of Michigan. Heis the author of seven works of fiction, including Believers, Harmony of the World, Throught the Safety Net and Saul and Patsy.
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