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When twenty-six-year-old George Mullen is kicked out by his lover, Robert, he moves into the terminally disordered apartment of Nina Borowski and embarks on the most complicated friendship of his life. At first their relationship is as easy as their cosy television suppers and ballroom dancing classes, with Nina mulling over her psychology dissertation and George teaching kindergarten. Then Nina announces she's pregnant by her boyfriend Howard. Howard wants marriage. Nina wants independence. And George will do almost anything for a little unqualified affection. But he's not so sure about his new role as surrogate unwed father ...
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'A sensitive and intense novel... exploring issues of loyalty, sexuality and compatibility' The Herald 'A delight - packed with eccentric moments and wildly diverting characters that are somehow both larger than life and profoundly true' The Scotsman 'Clever insights, original wit and endearing sentiments make this a read to treasure' Time Out 'A very funny, exceptionally vivid first novel... Surely on of the best books about what it is like to be young in these crazy time' The New York Times Book Review
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Stephen McCauley is the author of Alternatives to Sex, The Man of the House, The Easy Way Out and True Enough, all available from Granta Books. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1862079013
- ISBN 13 9781862079014
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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