Seduction Theory: Stories

by Thomas Beller

Overview

"A touching collection of stories about love in the city....[An] exceptionally memorable...spirited collection."—Time

In Seduction Theory, Thomas Beller writes of lonely friends and groping lovers, of awkward dates and dreamy yearnings of young adults caught in the lights of modern Manhattan. These ten stories capture those moments that change our lives and those that slip past us forever.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393326826
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	08/17/2005
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Thomas Beller is the author of Seduction Theory, The Sleep-Over Artist and How to Be a Man. He is a founder and editor of Open City magazine and Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood.com. He lives in New York City and New Orleans.

Table of Contents

	Tearing at the Grapes	13
	Deep Purple	27
	Life Under Optimum Conditions	42
	The Dark Piano	65
	The Hot Dog War	85
	World Without Mothers	100
	Nondestructive Testing	118
	A Different Kind of Imperfection	143
	Seduction Theory	159
	The Hanukkah Party	188