May We Borrow Your Husband?

"e;The sense of the author at play dominates"e; in this short story collection as the award-winning author looks at love, lies, mortality and seduction (The New York Times). A bored faculty wife looking for a fling discovers something more illuminating than sex; a jaded writer who eavesdrops on a pair of hopeful lovers feels compelled to relieve them of their foolish ideals and ambitions; a widow and a divorcee commiserate in mourning for their lost men, only to rejoice in their freedom after two bottles of blanc de blancs; a young man devises a test of true love to find a woman who won't laugh at the absurd circumstances of his father's death; and in the title story, an oblivious young bride honeymooning in Antibes encourages a friendship between a gay couple and her adventurous and handsome new husband. Praise for Graham Greene"e;A storyteller of genius."e; Evelyn Waugh, award-winning author of Brideshead Revisited"e;In a class by himself . . . The ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man's consciousness and anxiety."e; William Golding, Nobel Prize winning author of Lord of the Flies"e;One of the finest writers of any language."e; The Washington Post