A riotous tale of love and (im-)maturity that offers an honest and ferociously funny look into the mind of the randy, single American male -- and was one of the most heralded debuts of 2004. Bridget Jones meets her match in a hip, sexy urban novel with the soul of High Fidelity. Tom Farrell, who writes headlines for the New York Tabloid ("America's loudest newspaper") is a typical Manhattan single guy - chronologically, he's 32, but mentally, he's stuck at 13. Tom is content to live a simple life (no girlfriend to worry about, nothing but condiments and alcohol in the refrigerator) until he realizes how many of his friends have "grown up" and acquired spouses, children, and high powered careers, and he begins to wonder if it's finally his turn. Enter a beautiful, bookish co-worker named Julia. After a few torrid dates, he's hooked - Julia is "like cleaning behind my refrigerator. A once-in-a-lifetime thing." But Julia proves elusive and, being the lad that he is, Tom still merrily pursues other girls, such as his sarcastic, untouchable "default date" Bran. Meanwhile, his even less-evolved best friend Shooter, chick magnet first class, urges him to treat all women like a hostile power. But after tragedy strikes, everyone's attitudes toward life and love change in unexpected ways, and even Tom begins to see himself in a new light.