Jake Tanner is a 31-year-old itinerant consultant, quasi-journalist and regular man-about-town in post dot com San Francisco. When he decides to add dilettante raconteur to his impressive list of credentials, he starts to capture the hopes, dreams and social commitments of the new millennium male - moments big and small... anecdotes of life, love and leisure. But when his relationship takes a sudden unexpected turn, he finds that narrating one's own life isn't...

Actually, this is Jake and I have to admit that I enjoy writing back cover copy even less than I like reading it, so I think I'll quit while I'm ahead. But I posed in my underwear for the painting on the cover, and I think that demonstrates real commitment to my craft.

Our narrator Jake recounts how he met his girlfriend of nearly 5 years, Gabrielle, during a post business school trip to France:

Pardon my hyperbole, but as I looked over at Gabrielle again, I had the warm feeling that I might have enjoyed the most romantic night on earth. Before this, that thought had never crossed my mind as I kissed a woman goodnight or turned out the lights to join someone in bed.

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