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The Happy Couple: Longlisted for the 2024 Polari Book Prize

Naoise Dolan

4 Reviews

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Of specific Gay & Lesbian interest, Of specific Lesbian interest, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Dating, relationships, living together & marriage, Humour, Weddings, wedding planners

'A brilliant contemporary novel' COLM TOIBIN

'So witty, observant and wise' MARIAN KEYES

From the author of Exciting Times, this is a sparkling ensemble novel about love and marriage, fidelity and betrayal, that is both ferociously clever and supremely enjoyable

'A brilliant contemporary novel' Colm Toibin
'I am fully in awe of Dolan's talent' Douglas Stuart
'I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed it' Marian Keyes
'Dazzling. Not a word is out of place' Katherine Heiny

Meet Celine and Luke. To all intents and purposes, the happy couple.

But Celine's more interested in playing the piano, and Luke's a serial cheater.

And as their big day approaches, the complicated lives of the wedding party begin to unravel. A fed-up bridesmaid, a lovesick best man, guests and family members all find themselves searching for their own happily ever afters.

From the author of Exciting Times, this is a sparkling ensemble novel about love and marriage, fidelity and betrayal.

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Praise for The Happy Couple: Longlisted for the 2024 Polari Book Prize

  • Fun, addictive and laced with astute observations - Vogue

  • Endlessly funny, endlessly inventive - a bold and stylish novel that slipped down and burned like a shot of something lovely

  • A deep dive into love, betrayal, monogamy and sexuality. Sensational - Daily Mail

  • A funny and perceptive play on the traditional marriage plot that cements Dolan as one of the cleverest, most amusing new writers around - The i paper

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Naoise Dolan

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.

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