May We Borrow Your Husband?: & Other Comedies of the Sexual Life (Virago Modern Classics)

By: Graham Greene

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Synopsis: A collection of twelve disarmingly witty tales about the complexities of love and intimacy from &“a storyteller of genius&” (Evelyn Waugh). &“The sense of the author at play dominates&” Graham Greene&’s entertaining anthology as the masterful British author looks at love, lies, vanity, mortality, romantic obsessions, and seduction from a dozen sharply observed perspectives (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 divorcée 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.