I loved catching up with the deeply intelligent, handsome Giovannesi and hearing his thoughts on Italian cinema, how he found his actors, most of whom are non-professionals, and what he thinks of filmmakers as modern-day prophets.
Instead of encountering handsome men and hearing, "It was great to meet you - can I take you for dinner on Saturday?", why am I drowning in a dizzying storm of text messages and mixed signals and ambiguous interactions and missed connections?
Dwayne Croft and Carmela Remigio as the Fords make a handsome couple to hear and watch.
"Need a human bottle opener?" I once heard a handsome young man quip to pals (and me only seven, trailing embarrassed pretty girlfriends).
To see the handsome Day and to hear his elegant Australian accent, you'd never know he was a troubled, at-risk youth, a self-described "punk".
Nary a curse word is heard amid the handsome chatter.
There was also a tall, handsome musician I'd never heard of.
But then in soul music, I would hear these grown, handsome and successful men literally cry on these records, struggling mightily with this lady that they couldn't shake or let go of.
So it was with intense competitive interest that I heard a very handsome young lad tell me that a certain Mexican food truck located in New York City at Mad. Square Eats was the best taco he'd ever tasted.
The novel opens just before Josh Goldin, a handsome and successful television ad salesman, hears that his wife has rushed their infant son, Zack, to the hospital.
