The follow-up to Nicholls' hilarious debut novel, A Question of Attraction (Starter for Ten) (2003), is a smart, funny, bighearted romantic comedy. Struggling British actor Stephen McQueen is fast approaching his midthirties with nary a smidgen of the success of his namesake, a leading factor in the breakup of his marriage. His most lucrative gig required him to dress up as a squirrel. Now he is the understudy for the "twelfth sexiest man alive," action-film star Josh Harper, who is trying to shore up his acting cachet by doing a stint as Lord Byron in a West End play.