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Guys in Suits: A Novel [Hardcover]

Van Whitfield (Author)
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)


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September 4, 2001
Bestselling author Van Whitfield is back with another hilarious peek into the romantic lives of today’s everyday Joes.

Readers across the country are discovering the marvelously original voice of Van Whitfield as he champions the romantic trials and tribulations of today’s everyman. In Guys in Suits, a laugh-out-loud expos? of how differently women treat blue-collar guys and white-collar “suitors,” Whitfield shines the spotlight on the desperate bus-driving Simon and his stockbroker best friend Stuart, D.C.’s consummate ladies’ man.

Having just turned thirty, Simon is in search of his soul mate and determined to settle down. Stuart has different plans. He subscribes to the “Quintessential Male Manifesto,” the 60-day rulea theory that suggests men are inherently bound to successfully coexist in relationships for just 60 days!

Weeks 1—2 are the “Glory Days,” when a man actually looks forward to “communicating” with a potential mate. Weeks 2—4 are known as the “Realm of Reality,” the period in which the gloss wears off. The “Prozac Period,” weeks 5—6, is a time of high anxiety because the woman thinks she’s found Mr. RightÉbut the guy knows he’s in too deep. And the “Dawn of Destruction,” the final era of the 60-day rule, is when the guy is ready to bail, but unfortunately, the woman isn’t!

As Simon and Stuart’s annual New Year’s Eve investment group vacation approaches (with their two “happily” married buddies and their wives, no less) they’re in a mad dash to find dates. As the deadline for this fun-in-the-sun extravaganza approaches both Simon and Stuart have met potential Ms. Rights and are confident that for the first time, they’ll take their dream dates on their annual island getaway. Everything looks good, but just before the tickets are booked a staggering discovery threatens to upset Simon and Stuart’s seemingly perfect plan.

With all the laughs and hubris of a sweet old-fashioned comedy, Van Whitfield takes readers on a madcap romp through the rocky terrain of today’s relationships.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Forget studs and the babes who love them in this rare regular-guys romance, two Washington, D.C., African-American men come to terms with their very average romantic prospects. Bus driver Simon and financial planner Stuart, Whitfield's two lovelorn Lotharios, are in their 30s now and ready to commit, but somehow the ladies aren't materializing. To make matters worse, they've got a little more than a month to figure out who to bring along on their annual vacation with their married friends Rod and Trevor. Last year, their disastrous dates arrived sight unseen courtesy of the Internet, so this year they are desperately trying to save face and maybe even land a meaningful relationship. Each one reconnects with an old girlfriend Simon with Eve and Stuart with Lynn. There's just one problem. Eve and Lynn are actually one woman, Evelyn, a beautiful, savvy, intelligent catch for any discerning man and as it happens, aiming several rungs above either Simon or Stuart . How the two men manage to figure this out and still have a good time on their vacation makes for an entertaining read. Although author Whitfield tends toward sexist stereotypes, he also captures the comedy of modern love with all its mixed messages and confusion, and manages to create engaging characters in Simon and Stuart. The two protagonists narrate the book in the first person, which become confusing at times since their voices aren't appreciably different, and Whitfield does tend toward overblown prose ("Her skin appeared to be as soft and smooth as a Boyz II Men ballad"). Still, he orchestrates a number of truly hilarious moments in this arch, self-aware comedy, ranging from a telephone conversation gone horribly awry to Simon and Stuart's attempt to mentor a pair of high-risk teens.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

When four Washington, D.C., thirtysomething young men achieved financial independence and began successfully investing their earnings, they agreed to treat themselves to an annual "Association" vacation. Roderick Anthony Marshall, Trevor Livingston, Simon Washington, and Stuart Alexander Worthington have known each other since growing up in Capital Heights, Maryland. Another "must" for their winter trip is that the single guys, Simon and Stuart, each invite a companion. This time, the two married guys, Roderick and Trevor, are full of jokes about last year's trip, when the guys invited their not-so-compatible cyber dates. So the challenge is on, and with just 45 days before New Year's Eve, the guys are eager to secure companionship for the trip. The plot thickens when the guys meet the beautiful, intelligent Evelyn "KitKat" Wilson. From there, Whitfield spins a witty story about romance and relationships. Lillian Lewis
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Doubleday; 1st edition (September 4, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0385498462
  • ISBN-13: 978-0385498463
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,601,510 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Not Whitfield's Best Work, October 15, 2001
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La Di Da (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guys in Suits: A Novel (Hardcover)
I wanted to like this book because I loved his last one, but I just couldn't get into it. It was often hard to distinguish which of the two characters were narrarating because their voices at times could be very similar. It also didn't help they had similar names.

Whitfield also has a tendency to drag out descriptions leaving me to think, "Enough already, I get it!" He tries to be too literal.

My advice is to get a copy of 'Something's Wrong With Your Scale'.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars mediocre, May 8, 2003
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Kelly (Swedesboro, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Guys in Suits (Paperback)
The book was readable, that's about it. The ending was cute but the point of the story did not seem strong enough to me to base a book around it. The two main characters in the book are extremely immature. Example when Stuart (the suave guy) has to follow a list of things to say to a girl on a date. What type of suave guy can't even hold a conversation without a list to accompany them. They don't know how to act around woman and I hate reading books where the main characters are weak. Most of the stunts pulled in the book are very unbelievable and I didn't find the book very funny. But im guessing if you have read his past books and enjoyed them, you will also like this one.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Funny, February 17, 2003
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D. Bernardez (Gilbert, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Guys in Suits (Paperback)
As usual his work is funny, not his best but still enjoyable.
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