Description
| Product ID: | 9781529071191 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Marriage Act |
| Subtitle: | The unmissable speculative thriller from the author of The One |
| Authors: | Author: John Marrs |
| Page Count: | 496 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Science fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense, Science fiction, England |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Marriage Act is dark, high-concept thriller from the international bestselling author of The One. <p><b>'Clever, compelling and terrifyingly plausible' – C. J. Tudor, author of <i>A Sliver of Darkness</i></b><br><br><b>What if marriage was the law? Dare you disobey? Set in the same world as <i>The One</i>, now a Netflix Original Series, <i>The Marriage Act</i> is a dark, high-concept thriller from bestselling author John Marrs.</b><br><br><b>'A page-turning and thought-provoking read' – <i>Daily Mirror</i></b><br><br>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.<br><br>But four couples are about to discover just how impossible relationships can be when the government is supervising every aspect of our personal lives, monitoring every word, every minor disagreement – and will use every tool in its arsenal to ensure everyone will love, honour and obey . . .<br><br>Shortlisted for the Goodreads Awards 2023.<br><br><i>Black Mirror</i> meets thriller with a dash of Naomi Alderman’s <i>The Power</i>.<br><br><b>‘One of the most exciting original thriller writers’ – Simon Kernick, author of <i>Good Cop Bad Cop</i></b><br><br><b>'Brilliantly tricksy' – Liz Nugent, author of <i>Strange Sally Diamond</i></b><br><br><b>'Dark, immersive speculative fiction at it’s very best!' – Sarah Pearse, author of <i>The Retreat </i>and </b><i><b>The Sanatorium</b></i></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Pan Books |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-08-31 |
