Regency England has never been funnier than in Martha Waters's To Have and To Hoax. An estranged couple's once-passionate marriage has seriously deteriorated, and after four years of misery, their frustrations boil over into an ever-escalating game of fake injuries and illnesses, all to manipulate and annoy each other. But the more they raise the stakes, the more they realise their hearts might still be in the game too.
Out Apr. 7