
The Husbands
Holly Gramazio(Author)
Vintage (Publisher)
Published on 27. March 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-5299-2035-2 (ISBN)
Description
The time-bending summer read about dating that will have you laughing out loud
BEST SUMMER READ IN THE GUARDIAN, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, RED & DAILY MAIL
'The most fun I've had reading in the longest time' MARIAN KEYES
'It's clever and silly and funny and wildly imaginative and I bloody loved it' PANDORA SYKES
'A wonderful, wonderful novel' JENNIE GODFREY
'Properly laugh-out-loud funny' RED, Books of the Year
What if you could change husbands as easily as a lightbulb?
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. And then another one appears. 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 (urgh).
The one who turns everything into double entendres ('I'll weed your garden').
The one who's too hot (there must be a catch).
But when you can change husbands as easily as changing 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?
READERS HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE HUSBANDS
'This book was INCREDIBLE! So inventive, funny and different'
'I clapped out loud and cried'
'I adored this book. Fast-paced and funny with heart'
'Incredibly vivid, completely original'
'So many husbands so many personalities so much confusion so much fun!
SOON TO BE A MAJOR APPLE TV SERIES
BEST SUMMER READ IN THE GUARDIAN, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, RED & DAILY MAIL
'The most fun I've had reading in the longest time' MARIAN KEYES
'It's clever and silly and funny and wildly imaginative and I bloody loved it' PANDORA SYKES
'A wonderful, wonderful novel' JENNIE GODFREY
'Properly laugh-out-loud funny' RED, Books of the Year
What if you could change husbands as easily as a lightbulb?
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. And then another one appears. 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 (urgh).
The one who turns everything into double entendres ('I'll weed your garden').
The one who's too hot (there must be a catch).
But when you can change husbands as easily as changing 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?
READERS HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE HUSBANDS
'This book was INCREDIBLE! So inventive, funny and different'
'I clapped out loud and cried'
'I adored this book. Fast-paced and funny with heart'
'Incredibly vivid, completely original'
'So many husbands so many personalities so much confusion so much fun!
SOON TO BE A MAJOR APPLE TV SERIES
Reviews / Votes
A witty, ingenious debut novel... An enormously entertaining story that is both silly and sophisticated -- Johanna Thomas-Corr * Sunday Times, *Books of the Year* * Properly laugh-out-loud funny, this was one of the most original novels I've read in years * Red, *Books of the Year* * Filled with clever observations on love and life, [The Husbands] is also laugh-out-loud funny -- Anna Bonet * i, *Books of the Year* * A riot . . . a smart, witty satire about the the illusion of choice . . . It's clever and silly and funny and wildly imaginative and I bloody loved it -- PANDORA SYKES Funny, fresh... an absolute riot, just one of the best books I've read in long time -- THE UNMUMSY MUM Laugh-out-loud funny while deeply thoughtful this is a wonderful wonderful novel -- JENNIE GODFREY, author of THE LIST OF SUSPICIOUS THINGS [A] brilliant comic novel -- NAOMI ALDERMAN One of the funniest debuts for years... Holly Gramazio has not only come up with the most ingenious conceit, she has summoned the humour and sophistication to pull it off... a brilliant satire on the Tinder generation's commitment issues -- Johanna Thomas-Corr * Sunday Times * I loved everything about it -- Sara Lawrence * Daily Mail * Laugh-out-loud funny, perceptive and utterly original, I guarantee you've never read a book quite like it * Red *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
258 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5299-2035-2 (9781529920352)
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04/2024
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Person
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.