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Poly

Poly

by Paul Dalgarno
Paperback
Publication Date: 02/09/2020

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Chris Flood – a married father of two with plummeting self-esteem and questionable guitar skills – suddenly finds himself in the depths of polyamory after years of a near-sexless marriage. His wife, Sarah – a lover of the arts, avid quoter of Rumi, and always oozing confidence – wants to rediscover her sexuality after years of deadening domesticity.

Their new life of polyamory features late nights, love affairs and rotating childcare duties. While Sarah enjoys flings with handsome men, Chris, much to his astonishment, falls for a polydactylous actor and musician, Biddy.

Then there's Zac Batista. When Chris and Sarah welcome the Uruguayan child prodigy and successful twenty-two-year-old into their lives they gratefully hand over school pick-up and babysitting duties. But as tensions grow between family and lovers, Chris begins to wonder if it's just jealousy, or something more sinister brewing...

A searing and utterly engrossing debut, Poly is a raw, hilarious, and moving portrait of contemporary relationships in all their diversity, and an intimate exploration of the fragility of love and identity.

ISBN:
9781920727468
9781920727468
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02-09-2020
Publisher:
Ventura Press
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
352
Dimensions (mm):
234x153mm
Paul Dalgarno

Paul Dalgarno is an author and journalist. He was deputy editor of The Conversation (Australia) and a senior writer and features editor at the Herald newspaper group (UK).

He has written for The Guardian, Archer and Australian Book Review, and is currently managing editor of ScreenHub. He is also the author of And You May Find Yourself (Sleepers, 2015), Poly (Ventura, 2020) and Prudish Nation (Upswell Publishing, 2023).

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