Alfie

by Bill Naughton

Book Overview

The book that launched the movie classic! This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0749083875
• ISBN13: 9780749083878
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Allison & Busby
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

RACHAEL-ALFIE

Alfie Imagine a handsome, sweet-talking, English accented gentleman that sparks your attention by his charming smile, and sexy laugh. That is Alfie to a tee. Every woman wants him, and every man wants to be him. Written by Bill Naughton, Alfie is a four star rated book, and maintains the readers curiosity. Naughton's goal for writing this novel was to show the impact of little things done by men to make women feel loved and worthy of themselves. This novel inspires romance, makes guys look like pigs, and teaches major life lessons within the context of the story. Alfie has a unique way of being romantic; he loves all women, no matter what shape or size. Being polite and charming to women is second natured to Alfie. He enjoys cuddling with them, dancing with them, taking them out to breakfast in the morning, and out for coffee during their lunch break. Spontaneously stopping by his ladies' place, to shower them with compliments and flirtatious gestures, until the next moment the women are begging for a relationship, after he pleasures them with things that their husbands are not giving them, and that the other men in town will not take the time of day to do for these women. He is a listener, a supporter, a friend, and an intimate companion, which most women want. Reading about Alfie's life filled with many women, and beauty is inspiring to one to become more romantic in their own life, and encourage love and contentment for themselves and loved ones. While many of the situations with the each woman and Alfie is indeed interesting, some may feel that it may be too much material to cover in a novel that should be focused more on the message of the book. Some have short attention spans, while others have very long attention spans. Reading Alfie, some people may, or may not become bored with the back and forth pattern of the stories and situations of each of his relationships. At the beginning of the book, the stories draw the reader in immediately, but by the middle towards the end of the book, the pace starts to slow down, and it seems that there is no light at the end of the tunnel. The ending is sort of abrupt, and does not seem fulfilling after the reader has patiently waited to hear the moral of the story. Although it is nice to see Alfie trying to include as many women as possible, he does not always make them happy. Trying to please everyone is a nice thing to do, until trying to please them backfires into hurting themselves, or others without being aware of the consequences. Alfie impregnates one of the women and has to face life-altering changes in his life aside from the more dramatic changes the woman has to go through. All of the sudden, the baby needs quiet time to sleep, patience and a lot of energy by the parents, and a constant watch over the child at the time. Simple time away from the house turns into a hard escape to get out of the house. Suddenly, using birth control is cons

Bill Naughton's, Alfie.

I have read the book by Bill Naughton and seen both of the films and i think they are all very good. I thought the recent film starring Jude Law was unfairly criticised. Alfie is the story of a young womaniser who always thinks he has the best end of the deal, concerning his relationships with women. He loves his life, and he appears very happy and content. But what becomes apparent is that Alfie is quite a tragic and lonely character. He sums up the whole story himself when he says "without peace of mind, you have nothing, and i haven't" I think the story is really good, on the surface it appears this is just a story of a womaniser but as you read on you realize there is much more to it than it seems.