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The Penultimate Chance Saloon

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British mystery writer Simon Bret takes the mystery out of post-menopausal sex in his new novel, The Penultimate Chance Saloon.

Bill Stratton is about to reach the birthday milestone of sixty. He's happy with his semi-retired life until his wife of forty years, Andrea, tells him that their marriage has been a sham since the week after their honeymoon--and promptly files for divorce. Stunned, Bill must now re-examine his life and their marriage.

He hadn't had much experience in dating or sex before Andrea, but now that he find himself single, he starts to look at women in a different way. But more important, they are looking at him in a different way.

After achieving some modest fame as one of London's television newsreaders (the American equivalent to a news anchor), Bill's not unknown around town. To help break him out of his funk, his agent Sal begins the pressure to hit the after-dinner speaker circuit. He agrees, tentatively at first, because it beats spending evenings in The Annex listening to his best friend Trevor rant about his ex-wives and erectile dysfunction. Soon, Bill is out almost every night and having sex, well, more often than he ever did with Andrea.

Bill to pleased to discover that he doesn't need Viagra, but is shocked at how easily getting a woman into bed is. He's even more shocked that most only want one-night stands. In fact, most of the women he beds doesn't even want him to spend the night!

Sex, which Bill soon learns is not dating, at sixty is something completely mind-boggling and nothing like Bill ever thought it would be. The Penultimate Chance Saloon is more funny than not, but sad because it is all too true. The older women get, the better a man looks if he has even a shimmer of his once good looks and is in good health. Women don't fight over Bill in this novel, but the author makes the point that women over a certain age are out to please themselves and not the guy lying next to her.

Armchair Interviews says: Sounds like people over a "certain age" should be lining up for this book.