![]() ![]() Just when it seems things can’t get worse, Ray suspects that Garthene has given up on him and is having an affair with a colleague.īy rights, we shouldn’t warm to foolish, selfish sad-sack Ray, a man devoid of responsibility, hung up on his lack of success and bitter about the happiness of others. Mistaken for a looter, he is tagged by the state, vilified by trolls and evicted from his home. “The Adulterants” is another wincingly good and brilliantly observed novel about relationships, this time narrated by the older and supposedly wiser Ray, a misguided, misanthropic tech journalist who doesn’t grasp that he is spiraling out of control until it is too late.Īfter his rash bedroom antics he unwittingly falls afoul of the law during the 2011 London riots. Soon they are piling up and jeopardizing his marriage and threatening his sanity.ĭunthorne’s 2008 debut “Submarine” - set in the author’s native south Wales - was an uproarious coming-of-age tale which followed a teenage boy as he tried to patch up his parents’ marital woes and lose his virginity. Ray is afforded a second chance but his blunder turns out to be the first of many. Lee moves out while Marie moves on, finding a handsome new admirer. Ray betrays the trust of his heavily pregnant wife, Garthene. ![]() Marie breaks the rules - Ray is a friend and they live in London - and consequently her husband’s heart. Their brief, drunken, amorous encounter proves to be no harmless bit of fun. Marie then makes Ray an offer he can’t refuse and the pair go upstairs. ![]() There are terms and conditions: It can’t be a friend and it must happen outside London. Marie tells him that she and her husband, Lee, have an “arrangement” whereby they are both allowed to sleep with one other person each year. Ray Morris does the rounds, moving from small talk with guests to flirty banter with the hostess. Joe Dunthorne’s third novel begins midsentence and with a party in full swing. ![]()
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