Books by author: Alain de Botton

de Botton's first novel is a post-modern treatise on the subject of love. It documents the arc of a relationship, from the excitement of the unknown at first meeting to the despair of romantic disintegration. The first few scenes are wonderful, but the novel bogs down under the author's style of dissertation. Even though it holds geniune insight into its subject, I frankly got a bit bored toward the end.