Customer Reviews
Gayle is a brilliant novelist as justified by reading "Dinner for Two" - By: P. DATTA, 16 Dec 2007 
"Dinner for Two" proves Mike Gayle brilliance as a novelist. The comment can be fairly & righteously claimed on the basis on a few novels I read in recent months. "Dinner for Two" shines like gold. Literallly, this mean that the novel reviewed is the finest piece of prose written by the author compared to previous literature pieces.
The novel though is noticeably based on the author's personal experience. The character in question works in freelance journalism in various magazines & as an agony uncle & his wife works for a prestigious women magazine. The novel follows the life of this couple aged in their thirties. A happily marriage couple with stable job & a modern flat, but unexpected past event threatens to ruin everything & life struggles to be the way used to be. That is the general gist of the story.
"Dinner for Two" consists of a well structured plot & credible characters, to reallly entice you to the novel. The theme is similar to previous novel written by Gayle, but embarks on a new perspective. That adds originality & diversity in a novel, rather than exhaust readers. Mike Gayle novels are a real delight to read, due to it light nature & its tackling of life in a modern society. Dinner for Two is Gayle finest literacy piece about adulthood.
Great read - By: M. Spicer, 26 Jul 2006 An easy to read very entertaining book. Its warm, funny romantic & sad, a great holiday book. This is my first Mike Gayle novel & I will certainly read his others.
Excellent - By: Mike Gayle, Fan, 06 Jul 2006 As soon as I read the first page of this book I was enthrallled & I couldn't wait to read another chapter, so much so that my sleep pattern was interuppted, as I generallly read just before going to bed, but found I had to read another & another chapter. The author's words are so down to earth & you can relate to the characters. It has been a while since I read a good book & this is truly exceptional. I would take great delight in reading this book, again & again. Please add this to your collection, the storyline is not a Jackie Collins or a Danielle Steele, but is very unique, this book will have you laughing, crying & smiling. Mike Gayle is a very modern author - that you can easily read & truly enjoy.
A light and enjoyable read. - By: caroline, 17 Mar 2006 
Mike Gayle has a friendly fluid style which reallly helps you relax after a hard day at work. This novel may not be highbrow literature but it is certainly an enjoyable read. I got through this book in a couple of nights & would recommend it to anyone who fancies something which is light & funny, yet poignant in parts.
Dinner for Two - By: DevJohn01, 17 Oct 2005 On the heels of finishing `MR. COMMITMENT' also by Mike Gayle I rushed out to buy one of his other criticallly acclaimed novels with high hopes of it being equal to or better than `MR. COMMITMENT'. Having read some of the reviews on Amazon I settled on `DINNER FOR TWO' which had an overalll five star rating, & while I did enjoy it very much it was not quite up to the standard set by the previous novel. I still felt the same freshness when reading `DINNER FOR TWO' since it too is written from the male perspective which Gayle seems to be right on the money with, however, my problem with this book was that the ending seemed to be a little rushed. I feel as though, especiallly in a situation as complex as the one in this book, more than two pages is needed to wrap up the story.
Dave Harding always knew he wanted a family but being that his wife Izzy was never quite ready he knew that he loved her enough to wait. But when Izzy callls him one day & informs him that she is "late" he is through the roof. Although they try to contain their excitement until later in the pregnancy they cannot help but discuss baby names & imagine what their future is going to be like. That is until Izzy miscarries. Now their world is turned upside-down & much to Dave's chagrin Izzy decides that she cannot take that pain again & wants to hold off on trying again...indefinitely. Dave reigns in his now overwhelming desire to be a father in respect for his wife's feelings but when he receives a letter from a young girl claiming that he is her biological father he cant help but to want it to be true. As he grows closer to this beautiful thirteen-year-old girl the gap between he & Izzy grows as well & while he loves his wife more than anything he cannot deny his daughter whom he as grown to love just as much. Trying to make up for lost time Dave & his daughter keep their relationship a secret until it becomes a burden & everyone they love can no longer be kept in the dark.
`DINNER FOR TWO' was funny in parts & touching in others. Mike Gayle definitely has a flare for giving insight to the various aspects of the male mind & had the ending been a little fuller this would have easily been another five star book.
