Ordinary Human Failings - The compulsive new novel from the author of Acts of Desperation
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| Verlag | Random House UK |
| Auflage | 2023 |
| Seiten | 224 |
| Format | 13,5 x 21,6 x 1,6 cm |
| Trade paperback (UK) | |
| Gewicht | 226 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781787334427 |
| Bestell-Nr | 78733442UA |
_LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024_
_SHORTLISTED FOR FICTION - 2023 NERO BOOK AWARDS_
After the death of a young girl, the finger of suspicion is pointing at one reclusive family...
'Ambitious and original' DAVID NICHOLLS
'Gripping... A triumph' SUNDAY TIMES
It's 1990 in London and, after the death of a young girl on an estate, the finger of suspicion is pointing at one reclusive Irish family: the Greens.
At their heart sits Carmel: beautiful, other-worldly, and once destined for a future beyond her circumstances until life - and love - got in her way. Now, as the scandal unfolds and the tabloids hunt their monster, she must confront the secrets and silences that have trapped her family for so many generations.
___A DAILY TELEGRAPH, TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR___
'Daring, brilliant... Bold and beautiful' DAILY TELEGRAPH
'A compulsive read' THE TIMES
'Heartbreaking' VOGUE
Rezension:
Megan Nolan's debut novel saw her grouped with other Irish millennial women such as Sally Rooney and Naoise Dolan. But with her ambitious and insightful second novel, Ordinary Human Failings, Nolan makes it clear she is not a manifestation of a type, but rather a writer to be read on her own terms Financial Times
