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The Love Secrets of Don Juan (Om) Tapa blanda – Importación, 25 Marzo 2004

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The Love Secrets of Don Juan sees self-pitying ad executive Daniel "Spike" Savage midway through a messy divorce at 45. His soon-to-be ex-wife, Beth, has the house in Hammersmith and custody of their daughter, Poppy. Daniel has been left with a bedsit in perpetually unfashionable Acton and a burning desire to understand why all his relationships with women end in miserable failure.

A few words of wisdom come from old friend Carol, best mate Martin and his therapist Terence but with a blind-ish date looming, Daniel takes more drastic action. He embarks on refining his identity or "brand statement" in the forlorn hope that he'll stand a better chance with the opposite sex--as he quips: "Interesting that 'opposite'. As in diametrically opposed. Not the different sex. The opposite sex." With his trusty flip chart and black marker pens he starts to analyse the lessons he has learned from each love affair--a project he dubs, ironically, The Love Secrets of Don Juan.

To begin with, Tim Lott's third novel seems to mine a furrow of laddishness all but exhausted in the late 90s by Nick Hornby and numerous stand-up comedians, invariably called Jeff. Daniel's "Women, oh they're different, aren't they?" shtick hardly appears original; while Lott's take on the ostracised "Good Dad" is pure Parsons. But Lott is a significantly better novelist than the above would suggest. His plotting can be hackneyed but this is a book full of acute humour and observations--one recurring and insistent theme is the contrast of male literalness and feminine symbolism. Daniel is richly drawn and as he negotiates the modern dating (and parenting) game, his articulate, first person narrative, peppered with brand names and marketing argot, really captures a man struggling to understand his life, love and the infuriating nuances of gender. --Travis Elborough

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  1. Número de páginas
    304 páginas
  2. Idioma
    Inglés
  3. Editorial
    Penguin Books Ltd
  4. Fecha de publicación
    25 Marzo 2004
  5. Dimensiones
    4.45 x 0.75 x 7.17 pulgadas
  6. ISBN-10
    0141017953
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0141017952
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  • Editorial ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books Ltd (25 Marzo 2004)
  • Idioma ‏ : ‎ Inglés
  • Tapa blanda ‏ : ‎ 304 páginas
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0141017953
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0141017952
  • Dimensiones ‏ : ‎ 4.45 x 0.75 x 7.17 pulgadas
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Tim Lott is the author of ten novels and a memoir, The Scent of Dried Roses, which won the PEN/J.R. Ackerley Prize and is a Penguin Modern Classic. White City Blue won the Whitbread First Novel Award, his second novel 'Rumours of a Hurricane' was shortlisted for the Encore Award and the Costa Novel award and his young adult book Fearless was long-listed for the Guardian Children's Book Award. His latest novel is 'Now We Are Forgiven', published by Scribner, is the third in the trilogy which started with 'White City Blue' and was followed by 'When We Were Rich'. Tim lives in northwest London. Visit his website www.timlott.co.uk or his Substack page timlott.substack.com

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Pauline Halse
5.0 de 5 estrellas A Riot of a Book
Calificado en Estados Unidos el 24 de agosto de 2016
What a riot this book is. But more than that it is that rare beast of a book that made me rethink some of my values. Not that Love Secrets is a heavy, philosophical thing. It’s philosophical, sure, but light as a feather in its delivery. Our hero is a bit of a loser. The book starts off with him berating himself for just that “imagine yourself standing on the wrong side of a high brick wall erected against a pitted unmaintained highway.” This, he tells us, is his life. Divorced, out of work, all his money going on alimony, a failure with women, Danny intends to set things right by getting to be very, very good with women (hence The Love Secrets) as he sets about learning from his past mistakes. It’s a lovely, funny, interesting journey and he takes us all the way to the last juicy pages with grace and mirth. At the end, you just go “Hmmm, well that was fun” and find yourself revising a few cherished beliefs. My idea of a great book.
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Martin Foster
4.0 de 5 estrellas very good book, especially if you have ever divorced
Calificado en Estados Unidos el 11 de septiembre de 2006
I really enjoyed this book and pretty much read it right through. I laughed a lot and cried too. It's very poignant if you have ever been through separation or divorce and the dating rituals before and after a major relationship. I have a similar circumstance in my life (male, separated, kids, dating) so I could really relate.

I also couldn't really predict how it was going to end, so I was kept guessing right up until then. Plenty of twists along the way kept me riveted and the end was quite unexpected but you could see how it could have been written with several outcomes. Dating and mating are so vexing to most people that nothing is particularly predictable about it.

I also like the way he came up with "love secrets" but ultimately didn't apply any of them to the final choice of partners at the end of the book.

My only minor complaint is that it could have been a longer book at only 292 pages. I just feel that it would have been nice to follow the protagonists life for another decade or two.
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Christina Sarley
5.0 de 5 estrellas love the book
Calificado en Estados Unidos el 24 de mayo de 2012
love the book my fave book is still Fearless by Tim Lott check out tje asesome book and get it for kindle
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