The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is a story about love, life & lobster every Tuesday...” Marvellous.” (John Boyne). ” Original, clever & perfectly written.” (Jill Mansell). ” Adorable.” (Marian Keyes). ” An upbeat, quirky, impertinent gem of a read.” (Chris Cleave). `I`m not good at understanding what other people want.` ` Tell me something I don`t know.. .` Love isn`t an exact science
- but no one told Don Tillman. A thirty-nine-year-old geneticist, Don`s never had a second date. So he devises the Wife Project, a scientific test to find the perfect partner. Enter Rosie
- `the world`s most incompatible woman`
- throwing Don`s safe, ordered life into chaos. But what is this unsettling, alien emotion he`s feeling? ” Don Tillman is one of the most endearing, charming & fascinating literary characters I have met in a long time.” (The Times). ” Hilarious, unlikely & heartbreaking.” (Easy Living). ” Touching & laugh-out-loud funny
- think The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time meets Silver Linings Playbook.” (Stylist). ” Funny, endearing, & pure, wonderful escapism.” (Independent). ”A sweet, funny rom-com... You`ll be willing Don & Rosie on every step of the way.” (Marie Claire). ” Original, charming & very funny.” (Woman & Home). ”A comic triumph: clever, humane & tears-in-your-eyes funny. But best of all, The Rosie Project is a madly romantic love story.” (Liz Jensen, author of The Rapture). ”I couldn`t put this book down. It`s one of the most quirky & endearing romances I`ve ever read. I laughed the whole way through. & now I want to meet Don` Sophie Kinsella With the charm of Mark Haddon`s. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time & the romance of David Nicholls. One Day, The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion is both funny & endearing
- & is set to become the paperback of 2014. Graeme Simsion is a full-time writer. Previously an IT consultant & educator, he wrote his first book in 1994 (the standard reference on data modelling, now entering its fourth edition), & is married to Anne, a professor of psychiatry who writes erotic fiction. They have two children.