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May We Borrow Your Husband & Other Comedies of the Sexual Life

Affairs, obsessions, grand passions and tiny ardours course through twelve poignant and wryly humorous stories of sexual love. In the title story, author William Harris is in Antibes finishing his first attempt at historical biography, but he becomes more interested in the antics of two homosexual interior decorators. From the macabre of "The Over-night Bag" to the comedy of "Cheap in August," Greene exposes the range of human frailties and insecurities with a sharply observant eye.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 144 pages

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