The Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories - Softcover

Rich, Simon

3.9

5,902 ratings by Goodreads

9780316219389: The Last Girlfriend on Earth: And Other Love Stories

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031621938X ISBN 13: 9780316219389

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2014

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Focusing on all kinds of love, this short story collection features tales about God struggling to balance his career and his girlfriend as well as an account of a young girl's imaginary friend who wants to become more. 20,000 first printing.

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Review:

Simon Rich is outrageously, lavishly gifted (Caitlin Moran)

A James Thurber for our times, in Borges' suit wearing Flann O'Brien's hat (Ian McMillan BBC Radio 3 The Verb 2013-02-15)

Brilliant: a kind of modern version of Woody Allen's Without Feathers for anyone who's been in love ... topsy-turvy imaginative, riotously funny, hugely insightful ... Rich has a wisdom about male-female interaction that most have to wait far, far longer than 28 years to gain. (Tom Cox Observer 2013-03-03)

A collection of sweet stories full of whimsical, gently moving tales of love and loss, thwarted come-ons and doomed crushes... Put it in your pocket and take it out whenever you need a five minute break from the tedium of everyday. (Lynn Enright The Gloss 2013-01-01)

Most original and highly amusing. Rich manages to turn the banal into the absurd... hilarious and touching... and impossible to put down. A perfect cheer-up for the romantically challenged! (Rachel Glover Image 2013-01-01)

The Last Girlfriend On Earthis silly, surreal, sometimes sad and always laugh-out-loud funny. This collection will have you giggling/crying/squirming in recognition, and wondering what exactly Simon Rich has eaten to dream all this stuff up ... This collection pulls off the tough trick of being both heart-warming and hilarious -it's a must-read if you've ever so much as had a crush on someone (Heat 2013-02-02)

Pithy, occasionally bonkers... expect any weeping to be of the laughter-induced variety (David Clack Time Out 2013-02-05)

Truly hilarious (Observer Eva Wiseman)

There are many episodes to enjoy ... The scenarios are satisfyingly wide-ranging ... an irreverent pleasure. (Frank Brinkley Literary Review 2013-04-01)

A laugh-out-loud collection of short stories about that crazy little thing called love. (Vogue Australia 2013-04-01)

Book Description:

Who said all's fair in love?

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