An Unnecessary Husband by Gavin William Wright

So...this Ophelie thing? When a practical, logical man spends too long with his head in the clouds his daydreams tend to take over. Christopher Hoyer lives out his days in a dungeon of an office and his evenings in fantasies of history. But what happens when fantasy becomes part of the real world? What happens when your wife's best friend becomes the focus of all your thoughts...? A novel about passion and obsession, about the boundaries and limitations in our lives, and the worlds we create to escape them. A psychological, tragi-comedy of art & logistics, parks and cities, love and indifference and... this Ophelie thing.