The High-Impact Infidelity Diet
A Novel
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Publisher Description
A WHOLE NEW WAY TO CHEAT ON YOUR DIET
Meet Brin and Martin, Cheryl and Doug, Dierdre and Randy. Three normal married couples who share a common problem: all of the husbands weigh over 300 pounds—and not much of that’s muscle. The concerned wives concoct a plan and offer up a deal. Each guy who scales down to 210 pounds gets a free pass to spend an evening with a beautiful hooker Brin just happens to know from college.
Of course, there’s no such hooker. The wives only hope that the incentive will help their men lose a few inches off their guts. Unfortunately, Brin, Cheryl, and Dierdre underestimate the power of the male competitive drive. As the men begin to shed pounds, the women find themselves on a frantic search to find the perfect prostitute.
Follow along on a hilarious journey as three marriages, six friendships, 300 pounds of fat, and one saucy hooker endure the ups and downs of the worst weight-loss plan ever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
With awkward tag-team writing by Voodoo Kit series author Harry and playwright Pfeffinger, this weightless book has girth only in its ostensible subject: the struggles of corpulent chums Martin, Randy and Doug to slim down to 210 pounds each. The proverbial carrot, dangled by their exasperated wives? Carte blanche with a pro who's a college friend of the gals. The rub? She doesn't exist. When the guys shed the weight, sullenly but surely, the desperate housewives find their bluff called, and the ensuing imbroglios test their marriages in disappointingly flat comic style. Loaded up with kitchen-sink filler like hysterical e-mails, inspirational Post-its, whiny chat-room session text, excruciating monologues ("Curse you, man breasts") and ungainly heart-to-hearts, the story, try as it might to zip along, staggers under its strained humor and plods into a blandly incoherent ending. The concept has potential, but the players amount to little more than stock-character shtick.