The Havana Treatment

Came A Moment She Just Slid Over Hooked Her Arm Through Mine And Gave Me One Of Those Dazzling Smiles That She'D Worn Back In The Days When I Was Courting Her. Didn'T Fool Me For A Minute. I Hoped It Would. Fool Me I Mean. At A Certain Point In His Life A Man Wants Nothing As Much As He Wants Be Fooled - Irrevocably Completely And Everlastingly Fooled. And For Me This Was One Of Those Times. I Don'T Have An Analytical Mind But I Do Have A Talent For Daydreaming. From American Love Story Like The Penetrating Aroma Of A Cohiba Robusto Or The Sweet Afterbite Of A Dirty Mojito These Stories Leave An Impact On The Senses That Lingers After The Pleasure Of The Initial Sampling. In A Parked Car Or In A Getaway Car; At A Nightclub Or On A Train; At A Beachfront Motel Or In The Sanctimony Of The Suburban Bedroom These 25 Stories Deftly Explore The Arc Of A Love Match The Shelf Life Of A Romance. They Take Us On A Journey Through The Landscape Of Poignant Liaisons Orphaned Passions And Unintended Consequences In The Tradition Of Raymond Carver Or Richard Ford. You'Ll Meet Stand-Up Guys Lovely Ingenues Charming Rogues And Downbeat Dames - The Brave Hopeful And Susceptible Survivors Of Love. But There'S Not A Single Innocent Bystander. The Author Has A Particularly American Take On Sex Love And So Much That Falls In Between. It'S Like Taking A Pull At Your Cuba Libre About The Time The Jukebox Is Kicking In. During A Writing Career That Spans 50 Years Peter Devine Has Been A Reporter An Editor Has Written Sports And Travel Pieces Celebrity Pro?Les And Is The Author Of Six Novels A Memoir Two Books Of Essays And Over 200 Short Stories. He Lives In Texas With His Wife Maria And Their Two Dogs And Currently Publishes A Blog Entitled Devine Intervention Which Can Be Accessed At: Www.Apeterdevine.Com Cover Design By The Author Author Photo By His Wife