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"A buddy novel in the cinematic vein of Swingers
.Pickett plays the sex-and-the-single-man angle for all it's worth
here."Booklist

"Skillful work about a friendship between two ultimately likable guys."
Kirkus Reviews

"Two old friends set out for a week-long romp through Santa Ynez, California,
wine country that comically strains their friendship.Pickett takes his readers
on a jolly ride."Publishers Weekly


Sideways is the story of two friends, Miles and Jack, going away together
for the last time to steep themselves in everything that makes it good to be young
and single: pinot, putting, and prowling bars. In the week before Jack plans to
marry, the pair heads out from Los Angeles to the Santa Ynez wine country. For
Jack, the tasting tour is Seven Days to D-Day, his final stretch of freedom. For
Mileswho has divorced his wife, is facing an uncertain career, and has lost his
passion for livingthe trip is a week-long opportunity to evaluate his past, his
future, and himself.

A raucous and surprising novel filled with wonderful details about wine,
Sideways is also a thought provoking and funny book about men, women,
and human relationships.

Rex Pickett is a screenwriter who lives in Los Angeles. This is his first novel.

Scott Brick, actor and narrator, has won eighteen Earphones Awards, as well as the 2003 Audie Award in the category of best science fiction. He has recorded more than two hundred audiobooks in five years and earned AudioFile magazine's Golden Voice award in 2004.