Narrated by J in the days, weeks and months after the marriage collapses, and interspersed with the departed wife’s diary entries, ‘Is This Love’ is an addictive, deeply unsettling, and provocative novel of deception and betrayal, and passion turned to pain. As the story unfolds, and each character’s version of events undermines the other, all our assumptions about victimhood, agency, love and control are challenged – for we never know J’s gender. If we did, would it change our minds about who was telling the truth?