Love & Other Recreational Sports

by John Dearie

Book Overview

In Love & Other Recreational Sports, John Dearie?s debut novel, Jack Lafferty is handsome, thirty-five years old, a successful Wall Street banker?and miserable. Left at the altar after his fianc?e has an affair, Jack has sworn off women. There?s no way he will be snared again, not even by Sarah Mitchell, a bright and beautiful corporate attorney. But just when Jack?s romantic torpor finally lifts and he falls for the sensational Sarah, disaster strikes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0452285240
• ISBN13: 9780452285248
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Excellent view of "the dating game" from a male perspective

This story does an excellent job of putting the reader inside the mind of the protagonist, Jack, as he tries to come to grips with the heartbreak caused by a cheating fiancee and his reluctance to put his heart at risk again. At times I felt like I was eavesdropping on a locker room discussion, confirming my beliefs and (in some ways) my fears about the way men act when we women are not around. But the fact that these conversations ring so true are a credit to the author...he makes Jack flawed, but he is also heartfelt and sincere as well. The book gives you hope that Jack's emotional growth throughout the book continues and is permanent.

Buy it!

This is a great book - smart, funny, hard to put down. A story of the end of adolescence and the beginning of adulthood in New York City.

A Real Page Turner!!

John Dearie's book paints a vividly realistic portrait of New York and single life here from the man's perspective (one often overlooked in writing or films these days). Although more about dialogue than action, the book moves quickly, as each character or scene evokes familiar memories of our own lives-- the persona we take on in public or private, the crossed signals people send, the ease with which we manage to screw things up without realizing until too late... This is Dearie's first published book, but I expect we'll be hearing much more from him. If you're thinking of purchasing, then (as one character memorably puts it) carpe diem-- seize the carp!!

Excellent...When's the next book

John Dearie writes a great story. He reveals the innermost secrets and theories of the male's perspective on dating in a humurous and sometimes embarassing fashion. Embarassing in that we know its true, but we wish we did not think that way.In addition to the dating intelligence, Dearie makes you feel like you really know his characters and have experienced the same things they have. Half the fun of reading this witty and insightful book is seeing yourself with your own friends discussing the rigors of dating. Finally, after thoroghly enjoying the dating antics of Jack Lafferty, I actually found some significant "take aways" from this book. I will let you find them on your own. Enjoy this great book.

I loved it!!!

This is one of the only books that I have read that honestly describes the plight of every single guy you ever meet in New York, if not the world. Not only did I wonder why the author was giving away our precious secrets, I wondered how he managed to get away with it! I couldn't put the book down. My only regret is reading the book so soon, I would have enjoyed it much more sitting on the beach drinking a cool cocktail, served to me by either a short man in a white suit, or a HOT island goddess. Hopefully she wouldn't have read the book yet, or she would be able to know everything I was thinking!Kudos to the author.