Publisher Description

The Los Angeles Times bestseller, now in paperback--tales of the notorious New York dating scene, told from the other side of the bed. Rick Marin offers himself up for an in-depth look at man's superficial nature. At 28, a brief, doomed first marriage thrusts Marin back into Bachelor Hell. A journalist as eager to make it in Manhattan as with its female population, our emotionally myopic hero can never seem to tell if the woman in front of him is too crazy or too sane, until she gets too close. Falling out of love as often as he falls in, he vows more than once to clean up his act, only to relapse into another bender of beauties, blow-offs, and bad behavior--all in desperate pursuit of the woman who can redeem him. In this rollicking, frequently insensitive and ultimately poignant memoir, Marin proves a master of the light touch even in his darkest hours. It is one man's story, but many men will read it as their own. And for any woman who has ever wondered, "What was he thinking?" This is what he was thinking.

Author Biography

Rick Marin has been a reporter at the New York Times Sunday Styles section, a senior writer at Newsweek, and secretly wrote an advice column on men for a major women's magazine. He lives in New York City and Sag Harbor.

Review

"Hilarious and surprisingly heartfelt, this is a book every woman should read and then share with the man in her life -- or, at the very least, throw at his head."
"The shocking truth about what some men really think about women. Read it if you dare."
"Very funny, often desperately funny, and as sure-footed about the Manhattan dating/mating scene as antyhing I've read. A real achievement."
"99 per cent of men give all the rest a bad name. Thanks to Cad, women now have the wisdom to know the difference. Is Rick Marin a cad? Hell, he wrote the book."

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