![]() In fact, to borrow from Dashiell Hammett, he might just be worse than bad he’s half good. A journalist by training, Waldman may not be breaking news here, but she does show herself to be a promising novelist and a savvy observer of human nature.Ĭompared with his boorish friends, Nate isn’t a bad guy. In this familiar “Girls” world, Waldman would seem to suggest, most of the sexual power still resides with the boys. Part of that vast herd of young writers roaming the Brooklyn bars and coffee shops, Nate is in his element talking smart to some woman on a Christmas-lighted fire escape. Nate is like a jigsaw puzzle you find in the closet at a rented beach house: no matter how nice the picture on the box, at some point, after you’ve invested way too much time, you are going to realize that key pieces are missing. I wouldn’t date us if we were one of the last two genders on earth.Ĭonsider Exhibit A, “The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.,” a smart, engaging 21st-century comedy of manners in which the debut novelist Adelle Waldman crawls convincingly around inside the head of one Nathaniel (Nate) Piven. ![]() Men are sex-obsessed and self-absorbed, shallow, callow, capricious and cruel. ![]() ![]() At least when it comes to relationships, they do. ![]()
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