The Husbands

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A brilliantly original, funny and astute debut that examines how we navigate life, love and choice in a world of never-ending options '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

Author Bio

Holly Gramazio is a writer, game designer and curator from Adelaide, currently based in London. She founded the experimental games festival Now Play This, and wrote the script for the award-winning indie videogame Dicey Dungeons. She's particularly interested in rules, play, cities, gardens, games that get people acting creatively and art that gets people interacting with their surroundings in new ways. The Husbands is her first novel.