Marriage Act - The unmissable speculative thriller from the author of The One (Marrs John)(Pevná vazba) - diskuze

Shortlisted for the Goodreads Awards 2023.From John Marrs, the bestselling author of The One. Set in the same world, The Marriage Act is a dark, high-concept thriller.'Few writers do domestic suspense meets dystopia better than John Marrs' - Lucy Foley, author of The Midnight FeastWhat if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey?Britain. The near-future. A right-wing government believes it has the answer to society’s ills – the Sanctity of Marriage Act, which actively encourages marriage as the norm, punishing those who choose to remain single.But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is monitoring every aspect of our personal lives, tracking every word, every minor disagreement . . . and will use every tool in its arsenal to ensure everyone will love, honour and obey.Black Mirror meets thriller with a dash of Naomi Alderman’s The Power.Praise for John Marrs:‘One of the most exciting original thriller writers’ - Simon Kernick, author of Good Cop Bad Cop'A page-turning and thought-provoking read' - Daily Mirror'A socially aware novel packed with thought-provoking questions' - SFX Magazine'Clever, compelling and terrifyingly plausible. A near future nightmare that grips from the first page and never let’s go . . . talk about a page-turner. This one will leave you with paper cuts! – C. J. Tudor, bestselling author of The Chalk Man'A smart, gripping and scarily believable story
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