Author:Scott Hutchins
A Working Theory of Love by Scott Hutchins is a recklessly witty, outrageously honest novel about sex, love and artificial intelligence.
'Tremendous, big, clever. Every once in a while a novel comes along and speaks to a generation ... has much to say about what it means to live, love and lose in the twenty-first century' Guardian
Silicon Valley: home of online start-ups, couture coffee, sexual meditation, and the future. In its midst, Neill Bassett is helping to build the world's first artificial intelligence - a computer that talks, thinks, lies, and if all goes to plan, feels bad about it too. But when the experiment swerves in an unexpected direction, Neill is forced to confront a few buried feelings of his own - for his ex-wife, for his dead father, for his twenty-first-century life, and for a very twenty-first-century woman called Rachel, who might just hold the answer to it all...
'Electrifying. Clever, funny and very entertaining' The New York Times
'Worthy of Chuck Palahniuk ... Hutchins's satirical take on 21st-century existence is sharply observed' Independent
'Touching and extremely funny, Neill Bassett is a disenchanted bachelor for the Noughties generation. Brilliantly achieved' GQ
'Inventive, intelligent, hilarious. One of the pleasures here is Hutchins' terrific grasp of the zeitgest' San Francisco Chronicle
'Terrific. Throughout, Hutchins hits that sweet spot where humour and melancholy comfortably coexist' Entertainment Weekly
'Mixes the everyman likeability of Nick Hornby with a splash of the offbeat intellect of Douglas Coupland' Metro
Scott Hutchins teaches at Stanford University, California. His work has appeared in StoryQuarterly, The Rumpus, The New York Times and Esquire. This is his first novel.
Electrifying. Clever, funny and very entertaining
—— The New York TimesTremendous, big, clever ... every once in a while a novel comes along and speaks to a generation ... has much to say about what it means to live, love and lose in the twenty-first century
—— GuardianWorthy of Chuck Palahniuk . . . Hutchins's satirical take on 21st-century existence is sharply observed
—— IndependentTouching and extremely funny, Neill Bassett is a disenchanted bachelor for the Noughties generation. Brilliantly achieved
—— GQInventive, intelligent, hilarious. One of the pleasures here is Hutchins' terrific grasp of the zeitgest
—— San Francisco ChronicleTerrific. Throughout, Hutchins hits that sweet spot where humour and melancholy comfortably coexist
—— Entertainment WeeklyMixes the everyman likeability of Nick Hornby with a splash of the offbeat intellect of Douglas Coupland
—— MetroSuch a charming, feel-good story
Bridget is a bit older, no wiser and still funny.
—— Katy Guest , Independent on Sunday[Bridget’s] appeal is in her ability to pull the happy ending we’d all love from the chaos and self-doubt of everyday life.
—— Caroline Jowett , Daily ExpressThe third instalment, like Bridget herself is a lot more grown up, has some valuable lessons about life, loss and love - but is still great fun. VV Good.
—— BestBridget is still lovable and seeing a more mature version of the heroine coping with motherhood and bereavement is really quite moving.
—— Deirdre O'Brien , Sunday MirrorI read the book. I loved it. I loved her. She's smart, she's funny and she makes us all feel like we're good just the way we are.
—— Jenna Bush Hager , NBC Today ShowBridget’s bittersweet days with Mabel and Billy focus an unaffected – and unexpected – tenderness … A new chapter in the fairy tale can begin.
—— Boyd Tonkin , IndependentSweet, clever and funny.
—— Helen Rogan , PeopleShe’s our Bridget in other words, all over again – but just a couple of decades removed.
—— Nadine O’Regan , Sunday Business PostFielding is a smashing writer and in many ways Bridget Jones is an engaging creation.
—— Susan Flockhart , Glasgow Sunday HeraldNow past 50, a widow after Darcy’s death, [Bridget] blunders through the quest for mid-life loves and childcare nightmares with the all comic missteps and pratfalls fans adore.
—— iLaugh out loud funny… an inviting comfort blanket of a book for those many readers who loved Bridget before, who have grown up with her, and who are intrigued to find out what became of her.
—— Isabel Berwick , Financial TimesIn this third installment of the diaries, our hapless heroine continues to agonise over the tribulations of modern life large and small, from single parenthood and dating in the age of social media to the perils of the skinny jean.
—— Justine Jordan , GuardianFielding’s comedic talent remains undimmed.
—— Nicola Shulman , Mail on SundayThere is poignancy as well as humour.
—— Eleanor Mills , Sunday TimesWe are back to the old Bridget Jones in all her life-affirming glory.
—— Caroline Jowett , Daily ExpressFeels like visiting with your funniest friend
—— Jessica Shaw , Entertainment WeeklyI read the book. I loved it. I loved her. She’s smart, she’s funny and she makes us all feel like we’re good just the way we are.
—— Jenna Bush Hager , TodayFresh, frantic and very funny.
—— Fanny Blake , Woman & HomeLong-awaited.
—— Reader's DigestBridget is back! ... The third book in the series does not disappoint, taking the reader on a whirlwind tour of Bridget's life as a 50-something, and all the highs, lows, tears and laughter that you'd expect.
—— The Bristol MagazineWhat remains unchanged – and addictive – is its diary format.
—— The LadyLife may have changed dramatically for Bridget, but you can still prepare to laugh and cry at Helen Fielding’s latest novel.
—— No 1 MagazineFans of the original books have not been, and will not be, disappointed.
—— Chris White, fiction buyer for Waterstones , UK Press SyndicationTender, touching and often hilarious – a welcome return.
—— Sara Lawrence , Daily MailBridget is as hopeless, loveable and funny as ever.
—— StylistAn uproariously funny novel of modern life, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is the triumphant return of our favourite Everywoman.
—— UK Press SyndicationLaugh-out-loud funny, as well as punctuated by moments of genuine sadness, which are proportionately balanced throughout the story.
—— Louise Denyer , Suffolk MagazineTimely, tender, touching, witty, wise and bloody hilarious
—— UK Press SyndicationHilariously written
—— Emma Lawton , University of Nottingham ImpactThis book is an innocent pleasure, and made me laugh a lot
—— Naomi James , Church Times