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Hilarious romance between a millionaire and a woman.

Recommendation: The Unknowns offers a witty and relatable take on modern romance through the lens of a self-doubting millionaire and his alluring partner, Maya Marcom. The neurotic yet humorous observations of Eric Muller make for an engaging read that will leave you rooting for our not-so-perfect hero to win over the most alluring woman in North America.

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ISBN: 9781447235576
Authors: Gabriel Roth
Publisher: Picador
Date of Publication: 2013-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.36
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Eric Muller has been trying to hack the girlfriend problem for half his life. As a teenage geek, he discovered his gift for programming computers-but his attempts to understand women only confirm that he's better at writing code than connecting with human beings. Brilliant, neurotic, and lonely, Eric spends high school in the solitary glow of a screen.By his early twenties, Eric's talent has made him a Silicon Valley millionaire. He can coax girls into bed with ironic remarks and carefully timed intimacies, but hiding behind wit and empathy gets lonely, and he fears that love will always be out of reach.So when Eric falls for the beautiful, fiercely opinionated Maya Marcom, and she miraculously falls for him too, he's in new territory. But the more he learns about his perfect girlfriend's unresolved past, the further Eric's obsessive mind spirals into confusion and doubt. Can he reconcile his need for order and logic with the mystery and chaos of love?This brilliant debut ushers Eric Muller-flawed, funny, irresistibly endearing-into the pantheon of unlikely heroes. With an unblinking eye for the absurdities and horrors of contemporary life, Gabriel Roth gives us a hilarious and heartbreaking meditation on self consciousness, memory, and love.
 

Hilarious romance between a millionaire and a woman.

Recommendation: The Unknowns offers a witty and relatable take on modern romance through the lens of a self-doubting millionaire and his alluring partner, Maya Marcom. The neurotic yet humorous observations of Eric Muller make for an engaging read that will leave you rooting for our not-so-perfect hero to win over the most alluring woman in North America.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.