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'The book of the summer ... Kept me rapt until the final page' THE TIMES
'A sharp, smart, witty modern love story. I loved it' David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY
'More than lives up to the hype ... 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. 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 ... I found myself purring with pleasure. ...This is comic writing at the highest level' Craig Brown, DAILY MAIL
When you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents' money, it's called a gap year. 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.
Exciting times ensue.
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Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
Ava, a twenty-something Irish girl, is living in Hong Kong. She moves in with a banker friend who doesn't charge her rent and gives her his credit card. Soon they drift into a relationship of sorts. They are both smart-ass but not always funny - in fact I found that Ava was pathetic in how she set out to prove to him that she did not love him. Lots of comments and texts about grammar and literature - again, generally not funny. It was only when the banker moved to London for 6 months and Edith entered the story - and Ava's life - that this book became interesting. Up until then (page 90) I was struggling to find a reason to continue reading. Inevitably, Ava has to choose between both ...
