The brand-new novel from million-copy bestseller and national treasure Graham Norton ''A magnificent novelist'' GUARDIAN ''What a storyteller!'' ELIZABETH DAY ''His writing is evocative and perfect'' MARIAN KEYES Frankie Howe has lived a long life and her small London flat is crammed full of art, furniture and memories. Damian, her young carer, listens as she gradually tells him parts of her story - a story that takes us into a progressive, daring world of New York artists on the brink of fame, aspiring writers and larger-than-life characters. Always just on the periphery, looking on, young Frankie is never quite sure enough of herself to take centre stage. But the outsider holds certain advantages, sees things others don''t, can influence without drawing attention. And when the map has been lost, it''s anyone''s guess where you may end up, or the accidental choices you find you have made. Frankie discovers that life is not always the one we hope for, or the one others expect of us. Taking us from Ireland in the 1940s to the dazzling art scene of 1960s New York by way of London, Frankie is an immersive, decade-sweeping story that brims with Graham Norton''s trademark heart, intelligence and compellingly written characters.

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Ireland, New York, London: Frankie is the sweeping, ambitious new novel from Sunday Times-bestselling Graham Norton

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Graham Norton is the author of five hugely successful novels, all of which have been bestsellers in the UK and Ireland and have won or been shortlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards. His writing has won him critical acclaim in media and from the literary community across the world. Graham's debut novel Holding was made into a high-profile TV drama in 2022, and Home Stretch and Forever Home have both been optioned for major TV series.

He is a five-time BAFTA TV Award winner for The Graham Norton Show, which has been running for almost two decades, and is known internationally for commentating on the Eurovision Song Contest and as a recurring judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK.

Graham Norton is one of the UK's most treasured comedians and presenters. Born in Clondalkin, a suburb of Dublin, Norton's first big TV appearance was as Father Noel Furlong on Channel 4's Father Ted in the early 1990s. He then secured a prime time slot on Channel 4 with his chat shows So Graham Norton and V Graham Norton.

Known for his quick wit Graham began hosting a variety of talent shows on BBC One from Strictly Dance Fever and Andrew Lloyd Webber's How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? to The Eurovision Song Contest and BAFTAs. Graham was soon approached by the BBC to front his own self-titled chat show The Graham Norton Show in 2007.

Graham Norton has won 9 BAFTAs for Best Entertainment Performance, and Best Entertainment Programme. He presents The Graham Norton Show on BBC1, a show on BBC Radio 2 every Saturday, and is a judge on RuPaul's Drag Race UK. Norton won the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards in 2017.

Graham's third novel will be published in hardback, eBook, and audiobook in October.

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PRE-ORDER NOW! The brand-new novel from million-copy bestseller and national treasure Graham Norton - a dazzling, decades-sweeping story about love, bravery and what it means to live a significant life.

''Warm and wise, Frankie is a woman worth getting to know''
BONNIE GARMUS

''I couldn''t stop reading it, but feel bereft now that I''ve finished''
NIGELLA LAWSON

''I was enthralled by Frankie from page one. It''s a beauty. A warm, deeply moving, life-enhancing novel''
SARAH WINMAN

''Frankie is a perfect song of a book and everyone who likes human beings should read it''
ANDREW O''HAGAN

Always on the periphery, looking on, young Frankie Howe was never quite sure enough of herself to take centre stage - after all, life had already judged her harshly. Now old, Frankie finds it easier to forget the life that came before.

Then Damian, a young Irish carer, arrives at her London flat, there to keep an eye on her as she recovers from a fall. A memory is sparked, and the past crackles into life as Damian listens to the story Frankie has kept stored away all these years.

Travelling from post-war Ireland to 1960s New York - a city full of art, larger than life characters and turmoil - Frankie shares a world in which friendship and chance encounters collide. A place where, for a while, life blazes with an intensity that can''t last but will perhaps live on in other ways and in other people. But as Frankie''s past slowly emerges, her spirit and endurance are revealed as undeniable . . . and unforgettable.

''Immersive, stunningly written, and very emotional - this is a triumph''
JENNIE GODFREY

''Fascinating, funny, sad... Every page is intriguing. Once again, Graham shows his class as a writer''
JO BRAND

''Packed with surprises, it''s moving, riveting and enriching''
MATT CAIN

''A great sweep of a novel, full of unexpected twists''
LISSA EVANS