The Thursday Night Men

By: Tonino Benacquista

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Synopsis: Three friends meet weekly to commiserate over romantic disasters in &“a marvelous novel—light, funny and genuine, while still being quite emotional&” (Kirkus Reviews). Every Thursday night at seven o&’clock, three men meet in Paris. Each man&’s life, story, and situation is as different from the others&’ as can be. What unites them is heartache. Trouble, that is, with women. The meetings are held in a spirit of openness and tolerance. In an almost religious silence each man confesses while the others listen. Philippe is a philosopher of repute. Since the woman he considered to be his perfect mate left him, he&’s been dating one of the world&’s most famous models in an effort to forget. Denis has been working as a waiter for years. Women have lost interest in him entirely and he is in a deep funk because of it. But one day a mysterious woman with a suitcase appears on his doorstep and moves into his living room without explanation, throwing his life into turmoil. Yves is a husband who, after having discovered his wife&’s betrayal, refuses to honor any and all forms of faithfulness. He is spending a lifetime&’s worth of savings in search of pleasure. In The Thursday Night Men, Tonino Benacquista gives readers a variety of unexpected and amusing perspectives on romance, the relationship between the sexes, and male friendships.