The Husbands

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A funny, astute and propulsive debut that looks at the world of relationships and romance -- through the eyes of a woman whose attic creates her an endless supply of husbands 'The most fun I've had reading in the longest time' MARIAN KEYES 'Richly characterized, philosophical, and funny . . . A time-bending gem about the way we live now' GABRIELLE ZEVIN 'Brilliant, hilarious, suprising and wise. I devoured it' NAOMI ALDERMAN You wait ages for The One, then 203 come along at once... One night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence - from photos to electricity bills - suggests he's right. Lauren's attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her. There's the one who pretends to play music on her toes The one who's too hot (there must be a catch) The one who makes a great breakfast sandwich The one who turns everything into double entendres ('I'll weed your garden') And the one who can calm her unruly thoughts with a single touch But when you can change husbands as easily as a lightbulb, how do you know whether the one you have now is the good enough one, or the wrong one, or the best one And how long should you keep trying to find out

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WONDERFUL: fresh, original, hugely entertaining and oddly comforting . . . I laughed out loud countless times . . . the most fun I've had reading in the longest time. It is an utter delight -- MARIAN KEYES
Richly characterized, philosophical, and funny. I enjoyed all the husbands, even (especially) the terrible ones. A time-bending gem about the way we live now -- GABRIELLE ZEVIN
Brilliant, hilarious, surprising and wise. I devoured it -- NAOMI ALDERMAN
Clever, fresh, inventive, The Husbands is wholly original -- LOUISE O'NEILL
The Husbands is a wily and wonderful exploration of modern decision-making, kaleidoscopic and bright and very, very funny -- CLAIRE LOMBARDO

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Holly Gramazio is a game designer, curator and writer, originally from Adelaide and currently based in London. She founded the Now Play This, a games festival at Somerset House; wrote the script for the indie videogame Dicey Dragons which sold over 850,000 copies and won the Indiecade Grant Jury Award; and she's worked on digital and physical games with amongst others Naomi Alderman, Lawrence Lek, Matheson Marcault, Hide&Seek, Warner Bros., Wellcome Trust, New Scientist Live, Tate Modern and the V&A. Holly has a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide, co-wrote a book on games for MIT Press, and has written for the Wellcome Collection, the Guardian, Science Gallery, Open University, Tabletop Gaming magazine, the London Essays, Arc and Critical Hits. www.hollygramazio.net