Matt Dunn Good! - Rated 
I loved this book. I picked it up randomly because it sounded like a light-hearted read. I read it in 4 days flat (fast for me) and had to stop reading it on the train to work because I couldn't stifle my laughter any longer and was getting embarrassed! I loved the character Edward, and was very sorry when it ended. Am now on the hunt for anything else he has written.
Well Dunn Matt! (corny, I know)
Very Funny - Rated
For a relatively new author (he has at present only written 2 other books one of which is not published till oct 2007). Matt Dunn is very accomplished in both subject matter and prose.
I happened upon this book by accident in Amazon's recommended lists and having just went on a string of unsuccessfull dates in the previous months thought this would give some advice/comic relief to the situation.
The plot very simple - guy puts on weight & is galloping towards middle age before his time (has no get up and go) so his girlfriend
got up and went. After some soul searching with a friend (a successful TV show presenter (Antiques)) who has never had any shortage of available women he decides to change his slobbish ways and win his woman back. Queue hiring a personal trainer called Sam (a girl),some home truths by female classmates of past and his own successfull but shallow female boss and he's well on his way.
The ending becomes obvious about halfway through the book but it doesn't spoil what is a good book.
The other book he has written (Best Man) is just as funny.
Thoroughly recommended
Good stuff - but.... (SPOILER ALERT!!!) - Rated 
This is a good book. It includes lots of very visual comedy - such as the first speed dating scene, and the bit where Edward spills coffee over his trousers. Perfect Working Title film material, if only they can make one of the characters American!
Why only three stars then? Firstly, the ending is a bit of a cop out. Edward starts by being dumped by his girlfriend, and has three weeks to pull himself into shape. We spend most of the book waiting for the reconcialiation/confrontation which will happen when she comes back. It never does.
All in all, there is too much 'kissing the rod' in Edward's attitude to Jane. He was a nice guy - not perfect, but nice; and she dumped him. She treated him badly. But the author subjects us to lengthy speeches from the barmaid Wendy, which tell us in effect that any male-female relationship that founders is the man's fault.
There are two bits in the book where I punched the air and shouted 'Yes'! when it seemed that Edward was standing up for himself. One was when he saw Jane's face on the punchbag, and one was when he resigned from his job. But he went back to his job at the drop of a hat, and bottled out of meeting Jane on her return - telling himself that being dumped was his own fault and that he owed HER an apology!
I'd also hoped for a twist - say he ended up with Wendy and not Sam, or something.
All in all a good book. Not quite up to Best Man standard, but still readable.
very funny book. - Rated
THIS BOOK WAS EXCELLENT.VERY, VERY FUNNY. I IMMEDIATELY BOUGHT BEST MAN AND ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T AS GOOD AS THIS ONE,IT WAS A GREAT BOOK ALSO. I CANT WAIT FOR HIS NEXT BOOK.
Excellent - Rated 
This was an excellent book that is quite funny and always keeps your attention. Edward has just been partially dumped by his long-time girlfriend- Jane. She's given him three weeks to think about things and, under the tutorship of his best mate Dan, loses weight, veneers his teeth, gets a personal trainer etc. During his long relationship with Jane he's let himself go. During his three months the author delves into reasons and mostly concerns himself with getting in shape to pull. There are the nice people, like bargirl Wendy and Edward, who want to be honest and respectful, and the not-so-nice Dans. How looks orientated are women? Actions speak louder than words and the author does show that looks are SO important to women (short term, for pulling) but does also criticize poor morals and principals in the form of over-the-top Dan. You get the impression that the author and Edward would like the world to be as politically correct as possible but, when push comes to shove, women don't respect and want these needy and nice men, especially if they don't have the looks or the mini-coopers. Mat Dunn does an excellent job of showing how delluded women and nice men are about their own wants. You can talk about looks and money not being important but when you find yourself 'out there' you, like Edward, will have to move the goalposts to win. There's loads of laugh-out-loud bits in the book, cracking one liners, and slowly but surely, the author wins you round to Dans way of thinking by the end. I will be pushing this book onto my friends.
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