Beast of Love Author:Alec Klein FROM AWARD-WINNING WASHINGTON POST WRITER ALEC KLEIN "You're a drunk, you're a womanizer, you're lazy-" I raise an index finger. "A point of clarification," I note. "What?" "You forgot Godless." "And you can't take anything seriously," she steams. "Thank you," I say, tipping a hat that isn't there. And so it goes between Miles and Sunny, warring... more » next-door neighbors in an uproarious comedy about the urban mating ritual. Miles, a public relations executive in Chicago, is a slothful Lothario who relishes his self-image as a dishonest, shallow and vain anti-hero. Sunny, though, forces him to reconsider all of that. Along the way, Miles concocts an elaborate PR scheme, ventures into the wilderness and finds himself attached to the leash of an unwanted mutt. There's only one way to extricate himself. Can he change, even if he doesn't mean to? Beast of Love is a tale about finding love - and finding grace.« less