Don rejecting the advances of a sexy French nymphomaniac on the grounds of her drinking and smoking), when Rosie enlists Don's genetic expertise to help find her natural father, otherwise known as The Father Project, the two are thrown into an entertaining series of comic set pieces and occasionally life-threatening situations."The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Rosie Project, starring the same extraordinary couple now living in New York and unexpectedly expecting their first child. Although, on past form, it looks like there is no chance of love blossoming (viz. And then he meets Rosie, who fails on almost every score (except BMI and, one hopes, the STD criterion). To choose a suitable wife, Don designs a detailed questionnaire that filters out unpromising candidates: women who are unpunctual, overweight, vegetarian who drink or smoke or have STDs. Gene and Claudia try to help Don find love but "unfortunately their approach was based on the traditional dating paradigm, which I had previously abandoned on the basis that the probability of success did not justify the effort and negative experiences". Friendships are rare enough: Don has a total of two – his colleague at a Melbourne university, Gene, and Gene's psychologist wife, Claudia (the pair have an open relationship, which allows Gene to pursue his ambition of sleeping with a woman from every country in the world).
But is this a dark murder story or a self-help relationship tome? Well, neither: it's an endearing romantic comedy, and the narrator, professor of genetics Don Tillman (39, tall, intelligent and employed: "Logically I should be attractive to a wide range of women"), is an undiagnosed Asperger's type who Simsion uses to explore how a grown autistic man might approach a romantic relationship.
A s first sentences go, "I may have found a solution to the Wife Problem" has possibilities as an instant classic.
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