Maud Ventura

Emma Ramadan

An unsettling novel about the ultimate unknowability of your spouse and a sure-footed addition to a canon that might include Jane Eyre and Gone Girl . . . Gripping reading

An absolute banger! Paranoid, claustrophobic, and totally addictive, My Husband will give you whiplash. It's my new obsession: from the very first page, I couldn't leave it alone

There&rsquo;s simply no way of telling how far she&rsquo;ll go, and her increasingly volatile unreliability as a narrator makes the story all the more riveting

This is not a conventional thriller as such, but there is plenty of suspense and the stakes are high. A bestseller and prize winner in France, this cool examination of the balance of power in a marriage comes over as the screwed-up offspring of Marguerite Duras&rsquo;s The Lover. That there is a final twist is the only predictable aspect of a skilfully manipulated psychological drama. Emily (Brontë) in Paris

My Husband is a clever, unsettling and, at times, funny tale of unhinged marital devotion

The exceptional My Husband has everything I look for in a novel: chic, beguiling and deeply unhinged

I haven't been hooked by a voice like this in a long time. A heady intricate terrifying read

In this wry, psychologically complex debut, a meticulously manicured wife is obsessed with her husband. For the past 13 years, she's made a science of meeting his needs, putting them before her own or even their children's. Her love is a stranglehold; something's gotta give. The winner of France's First Novel Prize, this riveting emotional thriller requires serious willpower to not devour in a single sitting

Shortlisted for four literary prizes, My Husband humorously deals with the complexity of love. A salient and funny novel about a marital face-to-face, My Husband is one of the most demanded books of the rentrée littéraire. [...] What if you always loved your spouse as if it was the first day ? The wild idea of novelist Maud Ventura

Fierce, funny and original, My Husband is a novel that should mark the rentrée littéraire

As funny as it is fierce, My Husband portrays a terrible observation about the reality of the contemporary couple. An outstanding novel! A clinical tone, a sharpened pen, and a tasty second degree. Throughout this book, Maud Ventura builds intense suspense, spreading tension and growing unease with art

My Husband, Maud Ventura's debut novel, possesses a dark, clinical and raspy humour. With a very well-done final twist, as unpredictable as it is Machiavellian, you won't want to read this vaudeville just once

While I tend to be more obsessed with my husband's exes than my husband himself, this book had me reeling, laughing and re-examining my life choices. I loved every minute

JENNY MOLLEN BIGGS, New York Times bestselling author of City of Likes

What a wonderfully tense, obsessive, enveloping novel- almost like a feminist, introspective spin on Fatal Attraction! Ventura's deftly spun debut is a sharply observed dissection of marriage that will haunt you for days

A novel you read thinking: this is dark, weird, and totally creepy but somehow I can't put it down

There's a Belle du Jour, Luis Brunel-esque vibe to this brilliantly written page-turner about glamourous Parisians and their outwardly enviable lives

Maud Ventura

Praise for My Husband

An unsettling novel about the ultimate unknowability of your spouse and a sure-footed addition to a canon that might include Jane Eyre and Gone Girl . . . Gripping reading

An absolute banger! Paranoid, claustrophobic, and totally addictive, My Husband will give you whiplash. It's my new obsession: from the very first page, I couldn't leave it alone

There’s simply no way of telling how far she’ll go, and her increasingly volatile unreliability as a narrator makes the story all the more riveting

An unsettling novel about the ultimate unknowability of your spouse and a sure-footed addition to a canon that might include Jane Eyre and Gone Girl . . . Gripping reading

An absolute banger! Paranoid, claustrophobic, and totally addictive, My Husband will give you whiplash. It's my new obsession: from the very first page, I couldn't leave it alone

There’s simply no way of telling how far she’ll go, and her increasingly volatile unreliability as a narrator makes the story all the more riveting

An unsettling novel about the ultimate unknowability of your spouse and a sure-footed addition to a canon that might include Jane Eyre and Gone Girl . . . Gripping reading

An absolute banger! Paranoid, claustrophobic, and totally addictive, My Husband will give you whiplash. It's my new obsession: from the very first page, I couldn't leave it alone

There’s simply no way of telling how far she’ll go, and her increasingly volatile unreliability as a narrator makes the story all the more riveting

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