[PW] Identify this novel?

Bye, Dan J D.J.Bye at shu.ac.uk
Fri Aug 24 03:46:51 PDT 2007


 
I found "Love and other recreational sports" in Google Books and having tried a few searches of the text (only snippet view available), I can confirm that there is a scene in an art gallery.

So I'm going to stick my neck out and say it is definitely Dearie's book, architects notwithstanding.

Dan

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> 
> It's amazing how many books on love and romance have 
> architects as a main character: Alain de Botton's "On Love: A 
> Novel" and  Maggie O'Farrell's "My Lover's Lover", for starters.
> 
> But I don't think its those.
> 
> What about John Dearie's "Love and other Recreational 
> sports".  No architects (he's a banker, she's a lawyer), but 
> art galleries apparently feature and the main guy has a 
> sidekick.  I have a good feeling about this one.
> http://www.aimpress.com/deariebook.htm
> 
> Dan


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