Love

 I recommend you enjoy Love by Roddy Doyle via audiobook because most of the book takes place in Irish pubs. I enjoyed listening to the Irish accents. This story is about two guys in their late 50's. Joe and Davy grew up and went to school together. Joe stayed in Dublin. Davy emigrated to London. Both Joe and Davy got married and had children. Joe went to work out of high school but eventually got his college degree and a masters degree. Davy went to college before going to work. They meet in pubs when Davy comes back to Dublin to visit his father. Since they drank as young lads, they tend to drink when they get together even though neither one drinks much otherwise. I can't even count how many pints of Guinness were swallowed by Joe and Davy.  On this last visit Joe is trying very hard to explain why he left his wife and family to move in with Jessica, a woman who plays the cello whom they both met before either one got married. Davy vaguely remembers Jessica. Joe struggles to explain himself. He tried to use analogies that fail. Davy presses him on details and both men are frustrated with each other. Sometimes they get somewhat aggressive with each other but then they apologize and start again. The more they drink the less coherent the conversation becomes. Both guys use a lot of obscenities. This book has more F bombs than any other book I have ever read. Between the conversations both guys have memories of their marriages and their health problems. Both men love their wives (even though Joe left his) and their children. This is a story about the friendship of two men. The ending was poignant and by that time both men are sober again.