Sex and the Single Girl Sex and the Single Girl Sex and the Single Girl is a 1962 non-fiction book by American writer Helen Gurley Brown, written as an advice book that encouraged women to become financially independent and experience sexual relationships before or without marriage. The book sold two million copies in three weeks, was sold in 35 countries and has made the "Los Angeles Times", "The New York Times" and "Time" bestseller lists. In 1960 Brown's husband, David Brown, suggested she write a book that discusses "how a single girl goes about having an affair". The book was rejected by several publishing houses
Single & Single a shrewd businessman, then realized he was involved in black market dealings during World War II. At first Le Carré was simultaneously disgusted and fascinated by his father's criminal side, until he realized that his father was not a "mastermind," but instead a rather pathetic con man. Likewise, Oliver grows up eager to learn the "secret" of his father's success and geniality, but by the end of the novel realizes that his father has no "secret" at all. The Globe and Mail calls "Single and Single" one of le Carré's 'more underrated novels', and praises his depiction of 'the collapse