A modern-day romance and a hilarious, knowing look at the troublesome process of bringing a book into the world-for readers and struggling writers everywhere Arlette Rosen earns her living helping strangers with their book ideas. She thinks she knows a good book from a bad one, and believes that all writers should aim to be James Joyce, or Proust, or at least not forgotten too quickly. Enter Harbinger Singh. An unusual hero, Singh earns his living as a tax lawyer. Still in love with his ex-wife, Singh wants to win her back. And he also wants revenge. He decides the path back to Carla is through writing a book. All he needs is help with the actual writing. Arlette Rosen and Harbinger Singh meet and enter each other's lives in unalterable ways, ways that form the unusual path Book Doctor takes. It is a path full of books, sex, movies, love, music, and continual revelation.