With a title like Sex and the Single Zillionaire , it’s either going to be really good or really bad. This isn’t my typical genre of mental floss, but since it is the first novel written by Tom Perkins, the co-founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, I decided it couldn’t be missed. The dust cover got me started nicely with Rupert Murdoch weighing in with “Fun, fast – a great read!” and Newsweek commenting “Loved the sex scenes.” When Amy saw me pick it up last night, she said, “Tom Perkins – isn’t that Danielle Steel’s ex-husband?”
I read 50 pages last night and when I went to bed, I thought “uh oh, this is going to be a really bad book.” I settled down on the couch this afternoon and ripped through the rest of it. When I finished, I agreed with Newsweek and had a smile on my face (although I didn’t light up a cigarette – yes – that’s an inside joke – you’ll have to read the book to get that one.) It turned out to be really good for a first novel of this particular genre!
If you like your mental floss with lots of fluff, beautiful men and women, luxurious settings artfully described, a light plot, some primary character development (but not too much), all written with a mega-wealth twist, you’ll enjoy this. If you just want to find out how Tom Perkins writes sex scenes, you’ll also enjoy it.