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Evan Mandery is a graduate of Harvard Law School and a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. He is the author of two works of non-fiction and two previous novels, 'Dreaming of Gwen Stefani' and 'First Contact'. www.evanmandery.com

'Imagine THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE rewritten by Woody Allen and you'll have some idea of Q's quirky appeal' Patrick Gale, author of NOTES FROM AN EXHIBITION 'A quirky tale but at its heart an epic romance' MARIE CLAIRE 'A word to the tear prone: don't attempt to read the ending in public' NEW YORK TIMES 'A poignant exploration of the roads not taken' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A poignant, often hilarious, consideration of our universal curse of second guessing...It will take a reader with a very hard-heart not to be moved by Q' SAN FRANCISCO BOOK REVIEW 'Evan Mandery writes with elegance and humour' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

Praise for 'Q': '!the payoff is big. A word to the tear prone: don't attempt to read the ending in public.' Susannah Meadows, The New York Times 'A poignant, often hilarious, consideration of our universal curse of second guessing! It will take a reader with a very hard-heart not to be moved by "Q".' San Francisco Book Review 'Imagine "The Time Traveller's Wife" rewritten by Woody Allen and you'll have some idea of Q's quirky appeal' Patrick Gale 'A quirky tale but at its heart an epic romance' Marie Claire

'Imagine "The Time Traveler's Wife" rewritten by Woody Allen and you'll have some idea of Q's quirky appeal.' Patrick Gale, author of 'Notes from an Exhibition' 'A quirky tale but at its heart an epic romance.' Marie Claire 'A word to the tear prone: don't attempt to read the ending in public.' New York Times 'A poignant exploration of the roads not taken.' Financial Times 'A poignant, often hilarious, consideration of our universal curse of second guessing ! It will take a reader with a very hard-heart not to be moved by "Q".' San Francisco Book Review

A spell-binding tale of time travel and true love that will appeal to fans of THE TIME TRAVELLER'S WIFE and THE CONFESSIONS OF MAX TIVOLI. Would you give up the love of your life, on the advice of a stranger? When our hero meets Q, one Monday morning at a cinema in New York City, he has met the love of his life. Their romance quickly blossoms: in the rowboats of Central Park, on the miniature golf course of Lower Manhattan, under a pear tree in Q's inner-city Eden.

Nothing, it seems, can disturb the lovers or prevent their approaching wedding. Until one day a man claiming to be our hero's future self tells him he must leave Q...'Imagine The Time Traveller's Wife rewritten by Woody Allen and you'll have some idea of Q's quirky appeal' Patrick Gale

“Q, Quentina Elizabeth Deveril, is the love of my life.”
Shortly before his wedding, the unnamed hero of this uncommon romance is visited by a man who claims to be his future self and ominously admonishes him that he must not marry the love of his life, Q. At first the protagonist doubts this stranger, but in time he becomes convinced of the authenticity of the warning and leaves his fiancée. The resulting void in his life is impossible to fill. One after the other, future selves arrive urging him to marry someone else, divorce, attend law school, leave law school, travel, join a running club, stop running, study the guitar, the cello, Proust, Buddhism, and opera, and eliminate gluten from his diet. The only constants in this madcap quest for personal improvement are his love for his New York City home and for the irresistible Q.
A unique literary talent, Evan Mandery turns the classic story of transcendent love on its head, with an ending that will melt even the darkest heart.