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The Last Romeo: A razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud debut

`If you liked Bridget Jones`s Diary, try this` BBC News`So funny and sharp, yet tender and emotional too. I loved it!` Jill Mansell`I adored The Last Romeo . . . funny, clever and warm` Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt`A savagely funny and occasionally poignant journey` Red Magazine*****James is 34 and fed up. His six-year relationship with Adam has imploded, he hates his job making up celebrity gossip, and his best friend Bella has just announced she`s moving to Russia.Adrift and single in loved-up London, James needs to break out of his lonely, drunken comfort zone. Encouraged by Bella, he throws himself headlong into online dating, blogging each encounter anonymously as the mysterious Romeo.After meeting a succession of hot/weird/gross men, James has fans and the validation he`s always craved. But when his wild night with a closeted Olympian goes viral and sends his Twitter-fame through the roof, James realises maybe, in the search for happy-ever-after, some things are better left un-shared. Seriously, wherefore art thou Romeo . . . From Justin Myers, author of sensational blog The Guyliner, this razor-sharp and cringingly candid account of one man`s quest for The One is as sad, fearless and funny as dating itself.*****`Sex and the City meets Bridget Jones`s Diary in this sharp and pacey queer rom-com gone wrong for the digital age` Attitude`We can`t remember the last time there was this much buzz in the literary world over a same-sex love story` Indy100`It`s Bridget Jones meets Gossip Girl, and if you loved those, you`ll adore this` Look Magazine`Myers is a natural raconteur and The Last Romeo is replete with the sharp wit and tenderness that made The Guyliner such a success` Sydney Morning Herald`What would you get if you were to combine Adrian Mole and almost any Marian Keyes novel? Justin Myers`s brilliant debut novel and its lead, James` Sunday Times South Africa`Extremely funny, with real heart, depth and resonance` Daisy Buchanan`Warm, witty, wicked and wonderful . . . What an amazing debut` John Marrs, author of The One`Justin`s writing is razor-sharp and so funny . . . I inhaled it in one sitting` Francesca Hornak, author of Seven Days of Us`Hilarious and insightful, The Last Romeo is the perfect blend of heart, spark and snark` Isabel Costello, Literary Sofa`Predictably wise, beautifully written and enormous fun` Marina O`Loughlin