The Strange Courtship of Abigail Bird

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Beset by awkward interpersonal skills and an obsession with classic literature, Ishmael Archer seems destined for the lonely life of a literature professor at Longfellow College. While he yearns for female companionship, a recent acrimonious divorce has left him in a state of fragility. Struggling to pay his rent, Ishmael is obliged to undertake on

Reviews

"Blumenthal's hilariously descriptive language is a delight." -- The Washington Review
"Blumenthal has a Woody Allen-like ear for dialogue." -- The Kindle Book Review
"Blumenthal has a jaundiced eye and a wonderfully ironic style" -- LA Daily News
"John Blumenthal has created in his narrator Ishmael Archer a character who is at once charming, entertaining, and thoroughly original. Archer's courtship of the beautiful Abigail may indeed be strange, but it is also poignant and heart-meltingly romantic. A delightful read." -- Lindsay Maracotta, bestselling author of Dead Hollywood Moms Society and Adorably Dead
"Literature is the aphrodisiac in this charming and hopeful love story between delightfully eccentric characters." -- Cherise Wolas, author of The Resurrection of Joan Ashby and The Family Tabor

Author Bio

A former editorial staffer at Esquire and Playboy, John Blumenthal has written eight books. His work has also appeared in TV Guide, Punch, The National Lampoon, Salon, Huffington Post, and Publisher's Weekly, among others.