Böcker av Paul Devito

Paul is spending his final year of college in Italy as part of a group of Americans studying the Renaissance and learning about Italian culture.On the plane over he meets the beautiful Monica. Both have Italian fathers and spent a portion of their childhood there, so he feels a strong connection.However, as the year goes on, he feels strong connections with plenty of other women on the program, and Monica is not attracted to his philandering ways. Despite knowing this, Paul is unable to help himself, and falls into a pattern of brief, meaningless relationships.Will he be able to connect with Monica before the year is out? Or will she forever be the one who got away?

When married artists Paul and Nancy meet Rich and his irresistible girlfriend on a camping trip, Paul immediately responds to Jennifer's sensual confidence and when boundaries are crossed the seeds of a torrid affair are sown. Between trying for their first child and the drudgery of domestic life, Paul, and Nancy drift apart daily. Too committed to leave his newly pregnant wife and too weak to leave his brazen mistress Paul finds himself on a path of lust and confusion that threatens to lead him away from the family he has created.In a Stream in the Wind Devito magically threads mundane elements of daily life from fishing, meal planning conversations and showers through torrid encounters to form an inescapable web of anticipation.

Paul could not seem to be luckier: a trust-fund child of New York, writing at his own leisurely pace now that he has reached the other side of academia. The Wind and the Rain absorbs us into the golden years of this spirited literature graduate as he finds his footing in a world of love and art.As he moves on from his ex-girlfriend, Laura, Paul follows his desires for numerous potential matches: Lisa is his unobtainable best friend, Heather is soft and loveable, Laura is dynamic and impulsive while Linda is cautious and worldly. Yet bachelorhood is not always so breezy as Paul becomes caught by his fickle feelings, the emotional baggage of others and the manic episodes that ensue.Read this novel to see how lust and love may become confused and romantic disillusionment becomes an all too real possibility. Can Paul re-evaluate his obsessive lifestyle choices? Will the ultimate playboy ever settle down?

Paul is living at a halfway house with a couple of other guys, all overcoming their addictions. Here, he has met two women; Linda and Laura. Laura is another addict whereas Linda is here on a break from Syracuse. Although attracted to both, Paul proposes to Linda, thinking her stable mental attitude and youthfulness will help him focus on getting better and keeping on track. When Linda heads back for Syracuse, Paul is confused about his feelings and decides to instead try his luck with Laura. Laura's unpredictability sometimes throws Paul and gets him confused in all kinds of ways. He likes his freedom but thinks he has something good with Laura too. As is often seen in recovering addicts, Paul's emotions are always all over the place and he keeps going back from Laura to Linda, unable to make up his mind.

Paul is struggling with the early stages of recovery from addiction to pot and alcohol, trying to write and paint while figuring out what to do with his life, his teaching career as a professor having been interrupted by his addiction. His life is complicated by an increasingly tense relationship with his girlfriend, Jennifer, a former student of his, with their constant arguing driving Paul to the threat of relapse. With this relationship breaking down, Paul's head is quickly turned when he meets Julie at a group meeting, a woman of his own age also recovering from addiction.Torn between his love for Jennifer and his new-found attraction to Julie, Paul must work out which relationship, if any, he truly wants, and avoid letting his tumultuous romantic life send him spiralling back into addiction.

A Sense of Humor revolves around literature student Paul as he makes his way through academia. Essay burnout and seminar room anxiety are only two of the challenges that Paul manages to overcome in the novel. His perceptive contributions would win any tutor over. Yet, there''s one professor he''s keener to impress: Laura.