When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, she's not sure what to call it, but it involves:- a badly-paid job in Hong Kong, teaching English grammar to rich children - Julian, who likes to spend money on Ava and lets her move into his guest room - Edith, who Ava meets while Julian is out of town and actually listens to her when she talks - money, love, cynicism, unspoken feelings and unlikely connections. This is comic writing at the highest level' Craig Brown, DAILY MAILWhen you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents' money, it's called a gap year. Some of Dolan's pithy observations of her characters are the best I've read since Edward St Aubyn' OBSERVER'A frankly sensational book' Pandora Sykes on THE HIGH LOW'In the tradition of Dorothy Parker, Joan Rivers and Nora Ephron. Likely to fill the Sally-Rooney-shaped hole in many readers' lives' IRISH TIMES'Droll, shrewd and unafraid - a winning debut' Hilary Mantel, author of WOLF HALL'I've been pushing Exciting Times on everyone I know. She has been short-listed and long-listed for several prizes, including the Women’s Prize for Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize, and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Her debut novel, Exciting Times, was a Sunday Times bestseller, widely translated, and optioned for television. I loved it' David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY'More than lives up to the hype. Naoise Dolan is an Irish writer born in Dublin. Kept me rapt until the final page' THE TIMES'A sharp, smart, witty modern love story.
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