This is a strange and hauntingly intelligent book. To read it is to see new and unsettling complexities in our most cherished relationships, as well as to understand a little better the subtle workings of our own deceitful minds -- Oliver Thring * Sunday Times * A philosophical memoir with juicy details and an aching sense of loss and yearningin other words, something entirely strange and new from a wounded lover of the truth -- Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air Perhaps paradoxically, this is one of the most honest books I have read about love -- Simon Critchley, author of The Book of Dead Philosophers Read this book if you really want to know some of the scary truths about love--or even if, like me, you have attained the ideal of pure, truthful, transparent love... Martin writes philosophy the way I wish all philosophers would: with humor, wit, and style -- Akhil Sharma, author of Family Life: A Novel Love and Lies is a delight to read -- Michael Washburn * Boston Globe Sunday *
