The Monosexual

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The Monosexual

a novel by Dean Monti
ISBN: 978-1-956440-89-8 paperback $20.95
ISBN: 978-1-956440-90-4 ebook $9.99
222 pp.

July 16, 2024

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The Monosexual tells the story of Vincent Cappellini, an obsessed ultra-monogamist who struggles when his relationship with the love of his life abruptly ends. Twice-burned—once in love and once by the sun—he faces a host of challenges to his self-appointed sense of identity. Sunburn, bad sushi, a Sinatra karaoke contest, and the road rage fury of a woman scorned are but a few of the trials Vincent will endure while facing the ultimate test to his monosexuality—a new woman in his life.

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What readers are saying about Dean Monti’s The Monosexual:

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“The Monosexual is a funny, fast-paced, and engaging novel. The characters and the premise are zany and witty.”

—Dana Spiotta, author of Wayward, and Innocents and Others

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“Vincent’s need to pathologize his own lost love with a self-diagnosis involving a made-up clinical term—thus both legitimizing his plight and making it as wholly his own as if it had never happened to any other guy before—strikes a nice 21st-century note and makes The Monosexual seem wittily suited to its times.”

—Jonathan Dee, author of A Thousand Pardons and The Privileges

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Dean Monti started writing at age two, but nothing legible until age five. Since then, his fiction has appeared in several literary journals in print and online. His critically-acclaimed novel, The Sweep of the Second Hand, was published by Academy Chicago Publishers and reprinted in paperback by Penguin. In addition to other novels, he is the author of several full-length and one-act plays and has had works staged in Chicago and Norfolk, Virginia. His short story “Why Dogs Don’t Talk” was adapted as a stage play and short film. Additionally, Monti has also taught creative writing at Columbia College in Chicago and at College of DuPage. He lives in Glen Ellyn with his wife, Julie and two difficult but sometimes loveable cats.

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What people said about Dean Monti’s The Sweep of the Second Hand:

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“Consistently fresh and funny, with some scenes that are downright hilarious.”—The Wall Street Journal

“A deft page-turner… utterly captivating in its madness.”—The Baltimore Sun

“Monti begs comparison with Woody Allen and Nick Hornby.”—Library Journal

“Monti has a gift for laidback humor.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Entertaining… would make a nice romantic comedy starring John Cusack.”—Hartford Courant