Busy Monsters

{{Short description|2011 novel by William Giraldi}}

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Busy Monsters is the debut novel of William Giraldi, released in 2011. It centers on Charles Homar, a writer whose fiancée runs away with her colleague to catch an elusive giant squid, seemingly cutting ties with him.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/21/books/review/busy-monsters-by-william-giraldi-book-review.html | title=A Tale of a Highly Articulate Cuckold | work=The New York Times | date=21 August 2011 | accessdate=9 April 2015 | author=Maazel, Fiona}} Charles attempts to regain her affection and finds himself budding {{clarify|reason=Is this the right word?|date=January 2013}} into a strange cast of characters on the way.