Shaw turns Don Juan on its head in this analysis of the "Don Juanita". We know what attracts men to women, but what attracts women to men, though similar, is far more complex. Shaw has a great sense of irony and a wonderful grip on what makes people tick, and here he uses those gifts to give us a topsy-turvy Don Juan masterwork.
I chuckled all the way though this and just could not put the book down. There's plenty of comedy to be found in romantic attraction and Shaw manages to find all of it. Though it's a very humorous work, there's also a serious message that will leave every reader with something to think about.
George Bernard Shaw created numerous masterpieces over the span of his writing career. He has the distinction of being the only person to ever be awarded both an Oscar and the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was a very humble and conscientious man, a political activist and a vegetarian. His conscientiousness shows in his work by his inability to write meaningless fluff at a time when fluff dominated the stage. His trademark is his classic use of ample humor in dramas with serious subject matter. It takes a special kind of genius to be able to pull that off as flawlessly as he did.
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