Cad: Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor - Softcover

Marin, Rick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0091895405 ISBN 13: 9780091895402

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2004

Synopsis

You know him. He's the funny, sweet guy with the great eyes who asks you a million questions and seems mesmerized by every reply. He takes you on the greatest, longest date of your life. He swears he loves cats and cuddling. And his apartment is so clean. He just might be the One. Then, he doesn't call, doesn't write. He sees you coming down the street and he hides behind a tree. He's a cad. And this is his story. After all the girl's guides to sex in the city, here - at last - is the view from the other side of the bed. In "Cad: Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor", Rick Marin offers himself up for an in-depth look at man's superficial nature. In this rollicking, frequently insensitive and ultimately poignant memoir, Marin proves a master of the light touch even in his darkest hours. Part Hugh Heffner, part Hugh Grant, his tale is a rake's progress (inspite of himself) from incorrigible cad to reconstructed romantic. It is one man's story but many men will read it as their own. And, for any woman who has ever wondered What was he thinking? - This is what he was thinking.

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Review:

In the mildly entertaining memoir Cad: Confessions of a Toxic Bachelor, former New York Times reporter and pop-culture critic Rick Marin chronicles the years of marathon dating and shallow living that followed in the wake of his failed "starter marriage." Marin moves through a series of urbane exploits and short-lived affairs, perfecting his trademark move of whipping off his horn-rim glasses mid-conversation in a "myopic gaze," holding court with his wingman Tad over the hot buffet at Billy's Topless, and regurgitating wisdom gleaned from The Godfather. Like the similarly self-indulgent How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, Cad has its memorable moments--Marin comparing his wedding video to the Zapruder film and hitting on actress Moira Kelly when she was still an ingénue living with her mother on Long Island--but the book's swinging, ring-a-ding-ding Rat Pack attitude feels noticeably forced and uninspired, leaving a flat aftertaste to the whole affair. --Brad Thomas Parsons, Amazon.com

Review:

"A very good, intelligent and funny book." -- Evening Standard

"This is one of the funniest books of the year." -- Uncut

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0091895405
• ISBN 13: 9780091895402
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304