This is my favorite book of 1997. It deconstructs the narrative romance to Which we are accustomed, and does so with great wit, intellectual acumen, and artistic vision. Kraus's book reads as a performance piece / treatise on love / feminist theory, as well as a (slightly screwy) novel. _I Love Dick_ is intellectually and emotionally provocative. I highly reccomend this book to anyone interested in thinking rather than simply being passively 'entertained.' Oh, and the cover photo is a work of art, too.