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The Sunday Times Bestseller and shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards 2020
Naoise Dolan explodes onto the scene with Exciting Times , a slyly humorous and scorchingly smart modern love story.
Exciting Times, a slyly humorous and scorchingly smart modern love story
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.
About the Author
Naoise Dolan is an Irish writer born in Dublin. She studied English Literature at Trinity College Dublin and Oxford University. EXCITING TIMES is her first novel, an excerpt from which was published in The Stinging Fly.
Industry Reviews
Droll, shrewd and unafraid - a winning debut
Read if you like Animals by Emma Jane Unsworth, Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino, The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath - Sunday Times Style
Exciting Times, which was acquired in a seven-way bidding war, more than lives up to the hype ... It teems with insight around class, race, language and sexuality. Likely to fill the Sally-Rooney-shaped hole in many readers' lives. - Irish Times
Fiercely intelligent, brutally funny and written with such heart, Exciting Times announces an impressive new voice in literature.
A love story about three expats in Hong Kong - teacher Ava, banker Julian, and the alluring Edith - and explores the nuances and uncertainties of modern love - Cosmopolitan, 'Best Books of 2020'
A sharp, funny account of a contemporary relationship, told tenderly and with biting, bright insight.
So wry, witty and insightful
Dolan's debut lives up to the hype, a hypnotic tale of a young Irish woman adrift in Hong Kong and caught between two very different relationships. - The i newspaper