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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback May 10, 2016 | 9780349139777 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 7, 2015 | 9781405534314 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 2, 2015 | 9781408705094 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown
- Paperback May 10, 2016 | 9780349139777 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 7, 2015 | 9781405534314 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 2, 2015 | 9781408705094 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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'A rowdy, compelling love story' Guardian - the new novel from the author of the brilliant and much-loved The Fields.
Jay adores his small daughter, Bonnie, and nothing matters more to him than being a good father. But Bonnie's traumatic birth puts an unbearable strain on his marriage with Shauna and the couple eventually separate.
Despite this, London is the place to be: New Labour is in power and the city is buzzing with optimism. Jay is slowly putting his life back together, snagging a job on a TV documentary about the Millennium Dome and, crucially, spending time with his beloved three-year-old daughter, Bonnie.
Indeed, things might have even begun to look up. Until, that is, the arrival of The Clappers. Six foot tall, all muscle and plenty of heart, she insists on making the world right for Jay. But, inevitably, she makes it wrong...
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Praise for Last Night on Earth
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The story unfolds like an action film with the beating heart of an intellectual rom-com. Jay's journey from young man to proper grown-up is told with tight, witty prose and deeply felt emotion - The Times
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A rowdy, compelling love story . . . At its heart, Last Night on Earth is the story of two people who are very much in love and should be together, but whose marriage buckles under the strain of having a baby who may or may not have a disability. Jay and Shauna's struggle makes for compelling reading, and their anxiety over the welfare of their precious child will find resonance with every parent. Maher writes most powerfully when he is depicting the big emotions, love in particular - romantic love, filial love, parental love, the love between friends - Guardian
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An authentic word wizard . . . this punchy read takes you where you want to go - Irish Independent
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Exhilarating . . . the extraordinary love Jay feels for his daughter Bonnie tethers the story, and as Jay gets further mired in disaster, it's not so much the clock ticking down to Millennium Eve that builds the momentum but the question of whether Jay will be able to remake his family - Daily Mail
Kevin Maher
Kevin Maher was born and brought up in Dublin, moving to London in 1994 to begin a career in journalism. He wrote for the Guardian, the Observer and Time Out and was film editor of the Face until 2002, before joining The Times where for the last eight years he has been a feature writer, critic and columnist.
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