A contemporary romance which follows the lives of a man and a woman who find love in New York.

Object of My Affection

Literature & Fiction

McCAULEY, Stephen

Contemporary

Macmillan

Stephen McCauley's much-loved novels The Object of My Affection and The Easy Way Out prompted The New York Times Book Review to dub him "the secret love child of Edith Wharton and Woody Allen." Now McCauley stakes further claim to that title -- and more -- with a rich and deftly funny novel that charts the unpredictable terrain of family, friends, and fathers. Thirty-five-year-old Clyde Carmichael spends too much time at things that make him miserable: teaching at a posh but flaky adult learning center; devouring forgettable celebrity biographies; and obsessing about his ex-lover, Gordon. Clyde's other chief pursuit is dodging his family -- his maddeningly insecure sister and his irascible father, who may or may not be at death's door. Clyde's in danger of becoming as aimless as Marcus, his handsome (and unswervingly straight) roommate, who's spent ten years on one dissertation and far too many fizzled relationships. Enter Louise Morris. Clyde's old friend and Marcus's onetime lover is a restless writer and single mother, who shows up with Ben, her son and a neurotic dog in tow. The looming question of Ben's paternity nudges Clyde back into the orbit of his own father -- and propels our endearing hero into the kind of bittersweet emotional terrain that McCauley captures so well.

The Man of the House

United States

Simon&Schuster

Kicked out of their home by his lover, Robert, twenty-six-year-old George Mullen moves into the terminally disordered apartment of Nina Borowski, where he assumes the role of surrogate unwed father. Reprint. Movie tie-in.

The OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION MOVIE TIE IN

Pocket

Roommates Nina and George fall in love but the relationship is complicated by the fact that Nina is pregnant by another man and George is gay

Object of Affection

When his brother, Tony, calls to say he has fallen out of love with his fiance+a7e, travel agent Patrick O'Neil finally feels a kinship with his sibling. By the author of The Object of My Affection. 25,000 first printing.

Easy Way Out

Humor & Satire

George and Nina seem like the perfect couple. They share a cozy, cluttered Brooklyn apartment, a taste for impromptu tuna casserole dinners, and a devotion to ballroom dancing lessons at Arthur Murray. They love each other. There's only one hitch: George is gay. And when Nina announces she's pregnant, things get especially complicated. Howard -- Nina's overbearing boyfriend and the baby's father -- wants marriage. Nina wants independence. George will do anything for a little unqualified affection, but is he ready to become an unwed surrogate dad? A touching and hilarious novel about love, friendship, and the many ways of making a family.

The Object of My Affection

Patrick O'Neil is a travel agent who never goes anywhere. His closest confidante, Sharon, is chain-smoking her way to singles hell, passing up man after man. His parents, proprietors of a suburban men's store whose fortunes are sagging more visibly than its customers, can't agree how best to interfere in their sons' lives. And his lover, Arthur (a nice golden retriever of a guy to whom Patrick can't quite commit), wants to cement their relationship by buying a house. Then a call comes in the middle of another sleepless night. Tony, Patrick's straight-as-an-arrow younger brother, has fallen in love with a beautiful lawyer who is turning him on to...opera. Unfortunately, she's not the woman he's already pledged to marry. Tony's life is a mess. Finally, the brothers have something in common.

Man of the House

Obsessing over a broken relationship and the need to find himself, adult ed teacher Clyde and his aimless roommate find their lives turned upside down by single mother Louise Morris and a neurotic stray dog. 35,000 first printing. Tour.

While working together on a documentary series about America's cultural mediocrities, two very different people--Jane Cody, happily married with a young son and a successful career at a Boston public TV station, and celebrity biographer Desmond Sullivan--are forced to confront personal crises in their lives, in a novel about love, commitment, and betrayal. 50,000 first printing.

True Enough

Seeking a role model who will help him rise from a lackluster life primarily marked by compulsive cleaning binges and online sex, Boston realtor William Collins begins observing a wealthy suburbanite couple who searches for a perfect apartment and challenges his assumptions about love. 60,000 first printing.

Alternatives to Sex: A Novel

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Books by McCAULEY, Stephen

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Object of My Affection

The Man of the House

The OBJECT OF MY AFFECTION MOVIE TIE IN

Object of Affection

Easy Way Out

The Object of My Affection

Easy Way Out

Man of the House

True Enough

Alternatives to Sex: A Novel