In the showers, some of the boys seemed to think I'd made a mistake by managing to get this date set up. She is a footballer, that is quite good for a fantasy, but not suitable for the long view as fiancee/wife. As I sat drip-drying on the wooden bench I examined my burngraze with pride while the boys carried on. I concluded that they were jealous.
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'An engaging and breathlessly vital modern love story.' Brian Martin, Financial Times 'Stephen Foster's writing is truthful, perceptive and, in places, very funny. His protagonist's stream of consciousness exposes the hang-ups, disillusionment and fragility so common in the contemporary male.' Owen Parker, Time Out
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Good Basic London Love Story / Comedy,
By A. Ross (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Strides (Paperback)
When the setting is contemporary London, and the protagonist is a neurotic male in his late 20s who's falling in love, and the style is witty/chatty with a sprinkling of film and football references, it's pretty hard not to think of Nick Hornby. Fortunately this is more than another High Fidelity/About A Boy wanna-be (although it does skirt the edges of such territory), and has its own voice. The story follows "Winger", a sometime photo shoot coordinator, but mostly unemployed guy who spends way too much time stressing about his trousers. This is what happens when he falls in love with a woman who's already got a boyfriend. It's a very simple and recognizable urban, middle-class, twenty-something tale, charming in its own little way, but rather insubstantial. Winger is a compelling figure, a likeable guy with hangups, but who mostly does and says the right things--and when he doesn't, you feel for him. There's plenty of banter, soccer references, and loads of clothes chatter to boot. Foster uses a few stylistic gimmicks which don't add a whole lot, and leave the taste of contrivance in the reader's mouth, but otherwise the book is very fluid and nicely written. The 1973 Robert Altman film, The Long Goodbye, features prominently in Winger's introspective musings, and it's advisable to rent it if you're not familiar with it. All in all, it's a good bet if you're looking for a predictable urban love story/comedy.
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