Who's Sorry Now
Howard Jacobson
- Marvin
- Kreitman,
- the
- luggage
- baron
- of
- South
- London,
- lives
- for
- sex.
- Or
- at
- least
- he
- lives
- for
- women.
- At
- present
- he
- loves
- four
- women
- -
- his
- mother,
- his
- wife
- Hazel,
- and
- his
- two
- daughters
- -
- and
- is
- in
- love
- with
- five
- more.
- Charlie
- Merriweather,
- on
- the
- other
- hand,
- nice
- Charlie,
- loves
- just
- the
- one
- woman,
- also
- called
- Charlie,
- the
- wife
- with
- whom
- he
- has
- been
- writing
- children's
- books
- and
- having
- nice
- sex
- for
- twenty
- years.
- Once
- a
- week
- the
- two
- friends
- meet
- for
- a
- Chinese
- lunch,
- contriving
- never
- quite
- to
- have
- the
- conversation
- they
- would
- like
- to
- have
- -
- about
- fidelity
- and
- womanising,
- and
- which
- makes
- you
- happier.
- Until
- today.
- It
- is
- Charlie
- who
- takes
- the
- dangerous
- step
- of
- asking
- for
- a
- piece
- of
- Marvin's
- disordered
- life,
- but
- what
- follows
- embroils
- them
- all,
- the
- wives
- no
- less
- than
- the
- husbands.
- And
- none
- of
- them
- will
- ever
- be
- the
- same again.
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