Singling out the Couples - Tapa blanda

'Far too many tired, bitter books claim to be satires on modern relationships. However this one is both mercilessly undercutting and very funny. I t is a sect, lively fairytale in which no one is allowed to live happily ever after...a good read for when you're feeling cynical about romantic sweetness and coupledom and need a good laugh' E. Post, NZ 'Now there is an antidote to all the saccharine. SOTC by S D is an ingenious satire. What if a princess were created without a heart and with a desire to deparate allcouple, gay partnerships included - all becuase the compasion fairy got stuck in the Tube train and didn't deliver her gift of grace?' (NZ) A darkly post-modern fairy-tale for the This Life generation ... A wise, witty, wicked book * Scotsman * 'SOTC is great fun. Playful, witty, satirical and erotic, with a great deal of word-play mized with the foreplay, it makes ideal holiday reading' North & South, NZ An intelligent piece of writing that forces us to re-examine sex and love in today's society * Express * A witty, sexy, modern fable ... Duffy has a wonderful, cynical view of modern relationships * Gay Times * NZ reviews: Duffy is deadly, and very funny, on the narcissism and self delusion which seem to keep ... coupled love going * Independent * some good stuff here. Duffy is psychologially acute,and there is something horribly winning aobut her heroine.

A princess, perfect in every way except one, arrives in London from a land of milk and honey, and sets up home in a Notting Hill tower block. Her self-appointed mission - to break up couples in love. For what she lacks is a heart. With gleeful dedication, she sets about seducing a husband-to-be, prizing apart two devoted gay men, and ensnaring a contentedly married woman. But things start to go wrong: despite herself she becomes fond of one of her lovers, and discovers a tiny heart growing in her chest. The Queen and King, meanwhile, have despatched her brother to stop her. Will he be a match for her? Her magic is stronger, but then he does have a heart of his own ...