Book Rec of the Day 4/21/2007

FUNNY FICTION

A wry novel that reminds you to be careful what you wish for. When a university professor invites his heroine, an acclaimed novelist, to speak at his college, his dreams come true: She falls in love with him and marries him. But an author is a sorcerer of sorts, and the professor is dismayed at the reality behind the fiction. Playwright and novelist Frayn explores what makes the magic in relationships and in fiction in this clever, light read.

THE TRICK OF IT, by Michael Frayn (Picador, 2002)