Man or Mouse

by Matt Whyman

Meet Ren. Underachieving actor. Overactive dreamer. Waiting in the wings of love. Centre of his stage is Roxi, the heaven-sent make-up artist on a cat food commercial from hell. A woman, he discovers, who's literally out of his league.Thwarted in his attempts to win her over in the real world, Ren resorts to reinventing himself for her in the chat rooms of the Internet. And so begins the deception, desperation and brilliant comic confession of one man and his mouse.

Genres: Chick Lit, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Matt Whyman is an award-winning novelist and non-fiction writer. He has co-written bestselling books with some of the world’s leading figures in sport, high performance and popular culture including Gareth Southgate, Matthew Syed, Billy Connolly and Sir David Attenborough as well as the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team.

Reviews

[Jean Sharp · Rating 1 out of 5]

Given up on this. Something I rarely do. Giving it to a book folding enthusiast would improve it, in my eyes.

[Alcy_girl · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a bizarre story, but one I couldn't put down. It was about a guy that was dumped by his girlfriend, so he goes online to find a new woman. He can't even chat with the females - the notorious male treatment of women preceeds him and no-one wants to have anything to do with him!
So, he takes on a female personna on the net and pretends to be a female bi-sexual. Sounds really bizarre, but it was a fascintating story in the end. I really enjoyed it.