{"product_id":"exciting-times-9780062968753","title":"Exciting Times","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This debut novel about an Irish expat millennial teaching English and finding romance in Hong Kong is half Sally Rooney love triangle, half glitzy \u003cem\u003eCrazy Rich Asians\u003c\/em\u003e high living--and guaranteed to please.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVogue \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA RECOMMENDED BOOK FROM: \u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review * Vogue * TIME * Marie Claire * Elle * O, the Oprah Magazine * The Washington Post * Esquire * Harper's Bazaar *\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e Bustle * PopSugar * Refinery 29 * LitHub * Debutiful\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intimat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ee, bracingly intelligent debut novel about a millennial Irish expat who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a male banker and a female lawyer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAva\u003c\/strong\u003e, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJulian \u003c\/strong\u003eis a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than \"I like you a great deal.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter \u003cstrong\u003eEdith\u003c\/strong\u003e. A Hong Kong-born lawyer, striking and ambitious, Edith takes Ava to the theater and leaves her tulips in the hallway. Ava wants to be her--and wants her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong... Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, \u003cem\u003eExciting Times \u003c\/em\u003eis thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDolan, Naoise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eNaoise 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 \u003cem\u003eThe London Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e. Her debut novel \u003cem\u003eExciting Times\u003c\/em\u003e was published by W\u0026amp;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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613464793362,"sku":"9780062968753","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7830f866-786a-4676-a27f-4196f9f0909e.jpg?v=1737288690","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/exciting-times-9780062968753","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}