And Vivian (a wedding guest) is the only one with any emotional distance, and observes her friends like ants in a colony. Phoebe (the bridesmaid and Celine’s sister) just wants to get to the bottom of Luke’s frequent unexplained disappearances. Archie (the best man) should be moving on from his love for Luke and up the corporate ladder, but he finds himself utterly stuck. Luke (a serial cheater) and Celine (more interested in piano than domestic life) plan to marry in a year. For all intents and purposes, the happy couple. money, love, cynicism, unspoken feelings and unlikely connections.An intimate, sharply funny novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends who may draw them apart Meet Celine and Luke. Edith, who Ava meets while Julian is out of town and actually listens to her when she talks
Julian, who likes to spend money on Ava and lets her move into his guest room a badly-paid job in Hong Kong, teaching English grammar to rich children When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, she's not sure what to call it, but it involves: When you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents' money, it's called a gap year. I found myself purring with pleasure.This is comic writing at the highest level'Craig Brown, DAILY MAIL ' I n the tradition of Dorothy Parker, Joan Rivers and Nora Ephron. ' A frankly sensational book' Pandora Sykes on THE HIGH LOW Some of Dolan's pithy observations of her characters are the best I've read since Edward St Aubyn' OBSERVER ' I've been pushing Exciting Times on everyone I know. ' Droll, shrewd and unafraid - a winning debut' Hilary Mantel, author of WOLF HALL Likely to fill the Sally-Rooney-shaped hole in many readers' lives' IRISH TIMES I loved it' David Nicholls, author of ONE DAY ' A sharp, smart, witty modern love story.
Kept me rapt until the final page' THE TIMES
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