Product Description

Mark is looking for love in all the wrong places. He always
ignores the warning signs preferring to dream, time and again, that he has
finally met the perfect lover until, one day, he really does...
Through fifty adventures, Nick Alexander, BIGfib's creator, takes us on a
tour of modern gay society: bars, night-clubs, blind dates, Internet
dating... It's all here.
Funny and moving by turn, 50 Reasons to Say "Goodbye", is ultimately a
series of candidly vivid snapshots and a poignant exploration of that long
winding road; the universal search for love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #96326 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 156 pages

David Tickner, reFRESH Magazine
"An engaging, entertaining and intelligently written book, which will reset the boundaries for gay literature."

Tim Teeman, The Times, 17 July 2004
A witty, polished collection of vignettes... Order this snappy little number.

Richard Labonte, Book Marks
This perceptive and obstinately optimistic book balances passion and pathos with wit that entertains, whimsy that charms, and wisdom
that engages.

Customer Reviews

Elusive love
Mark is looking for that elusive man, the one whom he can love and build the rest of his life with, but search as he may, it seems near impossible, there is always a problem. Through fifty encounters, from one side of the world to the other the story relates his efforts, some don't even reach his front door, some get a second chance, and others might just last a brief time. Is he doomed to fail?
Nick Alexander writes perceptively, frankly and lucidly and with economy, wasting no time on florid descriptions, but quickly getting to the heart of each encounter. It all makes for a fast paced, witty, entertaining, insightful and at times moving read.
The story continues in Alexander's next novel, Sottopassaggio, which I must now read.

An emotional journey we can all relate to.
50 Reasons is the first of a great series of books that could fast come to rival the likes of Tales of the City. Nick Alexander has an effortless style that really engages the reader and brings the characters to life. He will make you laugh one minute and feel his pain the next but undoubtedly there is a little bit of everyone with each page you turn.

Emotional Pages
I, like many others, never write reviews for books on Amazon. I've never really seen the point. But, this book... I have to share it. Nick Alexander brings his characters to life in a way we can all identify with. The tears and the smiles - you feel it all in this heart-tugging book! The fast pace and amazing detail make the book impossible to put down - and Scottopassaggio is far from a bad follow up! All i can say... i can't wait for the next book in the series!