May We Borrow Your Husband?

by Graham Greene

Book Overview

Affairs, obsessions, grand passions and tiny ardours are illuminated in this collection of 12 wryly humorous tales of love. Whether depicting the innocence and corruption of a honeymoon couple or the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670464104
• ISBN13: 9780670464104
• Release Date: April 1967
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 7.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Delicious end of summer comedy

The main story giving the title to the collection is absolutely exquisite. The narrator (Greene?) a writer who lingers in an Antibes hotel at the end of the summer to work quietly finds his peace unsettled by the arrival of a young newlyweds couple, whose male component is coveted by a couple of gay seducers. We see their unrelenting siege with the resigned eyes of the narrator, who tries to face the wolves with lame results.The characters are superbly depicted, but it's interesting to note that's one tale of seduction where we never see or hear the POV of the seduced.

Hilarious

When two gay men set their sights on an unhappy honeymooner in Italy, a disturbingly funny series of events take place. The story ends on a similar note, hilarious, and yet somewhat frightening.