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Beeperless Remote Paperback - 1999

by Van Whitfield

An underground bestseller when it was first published in 1996, Van Whitfield's lively romantic comedy takes a revealing and altogether delightful look at dating in the '90s.


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With a style that is simultaneously self-effacing and downright hilarious, Van Whitfield's Beeperless Remote is the cleverly told tale of one man who has been thrown into the dating pool and is struggling to get out. Meet Shawn Wayne. He's single, employed, hard-bodied, a former All-American, and looking for his ideal woman. Shawn may have an obsession with ESPN's "Sports Center," money, and going to the gym, but he's a good guy. According to his best friend, Kelly, however, he may have to "expand his universe" a little to find the right woman. Shawn's search for the woman of his dreams leads to dating misadventures ranging from nightmare blind dates and underage flings to encounters with married swingers. Held hostage by today's technology, where dating has become a complex web of answering machines and cell phones, he finds the rules have changed, and that he now has to contend with six different types of women:1s--"I just got out of a really bad relationship."2s--"I'm not interested in a relationship. I just have friends."3s--"What is it you said you do for a living?"4s--"Men are dogs."5s--"My biological clock is ticking. I need a man."6s--"I'm single, I'm available, and, yes, I'm interested."Will Shawn find his "6"? Read this hilarious Blackboard and Emerge bestseller and find out.

First line

I can't believe it.

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With a style that is simultaneously self-effacing and downright hilarious, Van Whitfield's "Beeperless Remote is the cleverly told tale of one man who has been thrown into the dating pool and is struggling to get out.
Meet Shawn Wayne. He's single, employed, hard-bodied, a former All-American, and looking for his ideal woman. Shawn may have an obsession with ESPN's "Sports Center," money, and going to the gym, but he's a good guy. According to his best friend, Kelly, however, he may have to "expand his universe" a little to find the right woman. Shawn's search for the woman of his dreams leads to dating misadventures ranging from nightmare blind dates and underage flings to encounters with married swingers. Held hostage by today's technology, where dating has become a complex web of answering machines and cell phones, he finds the rules have changed, and that he now has to contend with six different types of women:1s--"I just got out of a really bad relationship."2s--"I'm not interested in a relationship. I just have friends."3s--"What is it you said you do for a living?"4s--"Men are dogs."5s--"My biological clock is ticking. I need a man."6s--"I'm single, I'm available, and, yes, I'm interested."Will Shawn find his "6"? Read this hilarious "Blackboard and "Emerge bestseller and find out.

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  • Title Beeperless Remote
  • Author Van Whitfield
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date January 19, 1999
  • ISBN 9780385489348 / 038548934X
  • Weight 0.56 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.17 x 5.55 x 0.86 in (20.75 x 14.10 x 2.18 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Humorous stories, African Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98007940
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Van Whitfield is the author of Guys in Suits, Something's Wrong with Your Scale!, and the Emerge and Blackboard bestselling novel Beeperless Remote, which has been optioned as a feature film.He lives in suburban Washington DC.
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