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Title	:	Love Warps the Mind a Little
Author	:	John Dufresne
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Large Print
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	February 1st 1998 by Plume (first published 1997)
Categories	:	Fiction

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John Dufresne's glorious new novel is a tragicomedy about love and death that highlights the absurdities of everyday life and in the same breath reveals heart-wrenching truths. The comedy is what makes the tragedy bearable, what prevents us, as readers, from finally turning away from the irreversibility of death and the disappointments of love. The narrator of Love Warps the Mind a Little, 36-year-old Lafayette Proulx, a struggling writer, has just wrecked his marriage of 14 years and moved in with his lover, Judi Dubey, who is not overjoyed to see him. Then, when Judi is diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Laf finds himself in the role of caregiver, witnessing the stealthy approach of death and learning about the sacrifices and duties of love that offer a surprising amount of redemption. Dufresne's master storytelling and keen ability to mirror the torment and resiliency of life make his novel a joy to delve into and impossible to put down.

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Original Title:	Love Warps the Mind a Little
ISBN:	0452278988 (ISBN13: 9780452278981)
Edition Language:	English

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The funniest sad book I've ever read. It definitely warped my emotions a little.

This book was interesting. It was my style because there wasn't anything especially fantastic about it, it was just a story about a guy and his life and the things that happened in his life and then it was over. The difficult thing about this book was the style of writing. Firstly, the dialogue throughout most of the book isn't formulated the way it's "supposed to be". Instead of using quotation marks to show who is speaking when he just puts it all into the same paragraph. If you can push past

Funny. Sad. Funny some more. Really, really sad. Characters that are somehow real, even though you hope they aren't people you know sometimes. And you might feel a little like a voyeur in parts -- looking right into someone's head/heart/soul.I don't know. You're just going to have to read it. DuFresne, luckily, writes in teeny little chapters, which is good. This book is definitely for sipping, not for gulping.

Highly, highly recommend! It's been a while since I read a book that made me cry like this one. I don't mean a simple little tear in my eye and a little sniffle in my nose. I mean bawling, complete with sound effects and a ream of tissues. Now, my real life paralleled part of the plot (in a vague way) a couple of years ago, so I'm sure that explains part of my reaction. But still... it takes an incredibly talented author to elicit such a strong reaction from a reader. Despite this, the book is

It took me a little while to get into this book and I actually read some Goodreads reviews to make sure it wasn't just another story about an aimless white male American who can't commit. I enjoyed it more and more as I read on and eventually really wanted to find out what happens to the characters. This story is a meditation on the creative process at the same time that it's an exploration of the human experience of love in all its manifestations. It's also really funny. It's got a lot to say

- from the jacket: "Lafayette Proulx has quit his day job, left his wife, hauled his dog and his Royal portable across town to Judi Dubey's house, and set out, at last, to be a fiction writer. But life is complicated.Laf spends a lot of his writing time staring out the window at his dog, Spot; Judi's dysfunctional family is unravelling; rejection letters from editors are coming in; and Judi, of all people, has sent him onto the marriage counsellor's couch to sort out his angry feelings about his

I had high expectations for this book because it was reviewed on NPR by another author and she made it sound like quite a find...a book that both makes the reader laugh out loud and cry. I did neither. It is a story about a struggling writer who is kicked out of his house by his wife of 14 years, and he immediately moves into his girlfriend's house. The characters are not particularly likable, but I kept reading, hoping I would find "hilarious" and/or heartbreaking scenes. Sadly, they never