A Novel
by Graeme Simsion
Recommended by Bill Gates and Gaby Goldberg
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Humor, Most Recommended Books, and Romance.
An international sensation, this hilarious, feelgood novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially challenged genetics professor on an unusual quest: to find out if he is capable of true love.Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelo...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Humor, Most Recommended Books, and Romance.
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Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft; co-chair of the Gates Foundation
“Anyone who occasionally gets overly logical will identify with the hero. One of the most profound novels I’ve read in a long time.”
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Consider Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Recommended by 7 sources.
“Murakami's prose inhabits Toru’s quiet, inward voice, moving through campus rooms and memory with spare, melancholic detail. The most useful part is how small domestic moments and steady first-person narration make loneliness and mourning feel tactile and slow-burning. The main limitation is repetition: long stretches of interior monologue and muted melancholy can stagnate the middle, testing patience. Readers who want plot momentum or emotional variety will find the tone indulgent, while those receptive to lingering mood will be rewarded.”
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