Finding Your Leading Man

Amazon.com If Bette Davis is your standing date for Saturday night， here's the book for you， boyfriend. It's time to retire All About Eve and discover your own leading man. Spend a few hours cruising this cheerful， upbeat guide to finding lasting love with the man of your dreams. In Finding Your Leading Man， Jon P. Bloch has identified 12 amusing and recognizable personality types of gay men， from the Hyper-Romantic (you send flowers to your ex on Valentine's Day--and he left you!) to the Perennial Closet Case (you have your prom photo prominently displayed on your desk). Offering practical advice for overcoming intimacy fears specific to these types， Bloch also makes suggestions about which types do best together. What happens， for instance， when a Shy Snob dates a Therapy Junkie? Can the Sexpot win over the Misfit? Even those who chafe at being categorized will find kernels of themselves here， as well as basic， sound relationship advice. A fab gift for searching singles or thoughtful couples， this book would make a great party game， too. It sure beats Spin the Bottle. --Jack Connolly From Library Journal Bloch (anthropology and sociology， Southern Connecticut State Univ.; New Spirituality， Self， and Belonging) has come up with 12 different parts that gay men play in order to keep themselves from getting too intimate with their partners. He calls these "OWTAs"DOscar-Winning Typecast Appearances. From "Party Boy" through "Perennial Closet Case，" he describes these roles and examines possible OWTA pairings to gauge what might be good about each couple and what might be disastrous. Then， for only about 30 pages， he advises how to transcend these self-proclaimed roles to make relationships work. Strangely， however， the briefness of this section does not mar the book， perhaps because Bloch's writing is amusing and clear. He successfully gets across such points as his argument that gay men have a lot more in common with straight men than they think they do. Recommended for public libraries.DPam Matthews， Gettysburg Coll. Lib.， PA Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information， Inc. See all Editorial Reviews