'Devastatingly perceptive and articulate in every sentence. 'A sharp, funny account of a contemporary relationship, told tenderly and with biting, bright insight.' - Kiran Millwood Hargrave Dolan's sentences are like a splash of cold water to the face in the best possible way.' - Clare Fisher

'A funny, smart and sensitive exploration of love, privilege and bisexuality that had me gripped from the first page. 'Fiercely intelligent, brutally funny and written with such heart, Exciting Times announces an impressive new voice in literature.' - Nathan Filer In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a life-and announces herself as a singular new voice. Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith? Politically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, Exciting Times is thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love. And then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong. A Hong Kong–born lawyer, striking and ambitious, Edith takes Ava to the theater and leaves her tulips in the hallway. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than 'I like you a great deal.' Enter Edith. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. “This debut novel about an Irish expat millennial teaching English and finding romance in Hong Kong is half Sally Rooney love triangle, half glitzy Crazy Rich Asians high living-and guaranteed to please.” - Vogue A RECOMMENDED BOOK FROM: The New York Times Book Review * Vogue * TIME * Marie Claire * Elle * O, the Oprah Magazine * The Washington Post * Esquire * Harper's Bazaar * Bustle * PopSugar * Refinery 29 * LitHub * Debutiful An intimat e, bracingly intelligent debut novel about a millennial Irish expat who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a male banker and a female lawyer Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.

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