How To Fall In Love With A Man Who Lives In A Bush – Emmy Abrahamson

She’s both directing it and playing one of the lead roles. It will be the first time Leonore and her theatre crowd have met Ben and I’ve also persuaded Rebecca to come with Jesus-Jakob. Ben’s freshly shaven and showered, and I’ve made sure he’s wearing his best clothes. ‘Can’t you wear the other jacket?’ I say when it’s time to put our coats on. ‘I like this jacket,’ Ben says. ‘It looks a bit uncool.

Take the other one we found in the charity shop.’ ‘I like this one,’ he says with a tone that indicates the discussion is over. As we walk towards the little theatre, the first snowflakes of winter start to fall. Ben doesn’t seem too enthusiastic about going to the theatre, and instead is looking longingly at the small wooden huts on Graben, where they’re selling Christmas punch and glühwein.

‘Do we have to watch the whole performance?’ he asks. ‘Once we’ve thrown our rotten tomatoes at the actors we’ll probably have to run out as soon as possible,’ I answer. ‘Really?’ Ben says. ‘Idiot,’ I say and smile at him. ‘Who knows, maybe you’ll love the play. It’s full of sex and smut and drama.’ He doesn’t look convinced. Unfortunately, Closer isn’t good. At one point, a set panel falls off the wall for no reason, the lighting is confusing, and the four actors seem to think they’re in four different plays.

Ben starts laughing out loud in the scene where Leonore does a pole dance that’s meant to be seductive, and everyone turns around to look at him. The elephant in the room is that Leonore has given herself the role of the young girl rather than the role Julia Roberts played in the film version.

When the play is finally over, everyone piles into the little foyer-bar where complimentary Red Bull is being served. There are metal trays of dried-out canapés and cocktail tomatoes with some kind of salmon-pink cream. The Beige Man stands in a corner not talking to anyone. ‘Rebecca, this is Ben,’ I say. ‘Ben, Rebecca.’ ‘Nice to meet you,’ Rebecca says. ‘Likewise,’ he says. ‘Please tell me you hated that as much as I did. Julia’s too kind to admit how terrible the play actually was.’

‘It was pretty horrible, wasn’t it?’ Rebecca says in a half-whisper and leans closer to Ben. I can see she approves of him. But on the other hand she’d probably approve of anyone who wasn’t Matthias, who she always openly disliked. When Leonore comes out of her dressing room I give her the bouquet I brought with me and tell her how wonderful she was. Since Ben moved in with me I’ve stopped going out with Leonore and the mood between us has become frosty to say the least, as though my new relationship is a personal betrayal.

‘It went well, didn’t it?’ Leonore says, with a self-confidence you can’t help but admire. ‘Leonore, this is Ben.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it , while at times based on historical events and figures, are the work of the author’s imagination. The Borough Press An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018 Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm, Sweden.

Published in the English language by arrangement with Bonnier Rights, Stockholm, Sweden Emmy Abrahamson asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work Nichola Smalley asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of the translation A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library First published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018 Copyright © Emmy Abrahamson 2018 English translation © Nichola Smalley Cover design Micaela Alcaino © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018 Cover photographs © Shutterstock.com All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions.

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