Zusatztext Withering, stylish prose that is at times deceptively simple but always flush with caustic wit, I savoured every shrewd line. Informationen zum Autor Naoise Dolan is an Irish writer born in Dublin. She studied at Trinity College, followed by a master's in Victorian literature at Oxford. She writes fiction, essays, criticism and features for publications including the London Review of Books , the Guardian and Vogue . Naoise's debut novel Exciting Times was published by W&N in the UK and by Ecco in the US in 2020, and became a Sunday Times bestseller, widely translated and optioned for TV. She has been shortlisted and longlisted for several prizes, including the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Klappentext 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, Vorwort Naoise Dolan explodes onto the scene with Exciting Times , a slyly humorous and scorchingly smart modern love story Zusammenfassung Naoise Dolan explodes onto the scene with Exciting Times, a slyly humorous and scorchingly smart modern love story

Vorwort
Naoise Dolan explodes onto the scene with Exciting Times, a slyly humorous and scorchingly smart modern love story****

Autorentext
Naoise Dolan is an Irish writer born in Dublin. She studied at Trinity College, followed by a master's in Victorian literature at Oxford. She writes fiction, essays, criticism and features for publications including the London Review of Books, the Guardian and Vogue. Naoise's debut novel Exciting Times was published by W&N in the UK and by Ecco in the US in 2020, and became a Sunday Times bestseller, widely translated and optioned for TV. She has been shortlisted and longlisted for several prizes, including the Women's Prize for Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award.

Klappentext

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,

Zusammenfassung
Naoise Dolan explodes onto the scene with Exciting Times, a slyly humorous and scorchingly smart modern love story