Exciting Times A Novel
Exciting Times A Novel by Naoise Dolan is a reprint edition published by HarperCollinsPublishers in 2020, featuring 242 pages in English. This debut novel follows Ava, an Irish expat who moves to Hong Kong to teach English and becomes embroiled in a complex love triangle with Julian, a banker, and Edith, a striking lawyer. The narrative explores themes of romance, identity, and the challenges of modern relationships against the backdrop of a vibrant city.
Readers will find an intimate and intelligent portrayal of Ava’s experiences as she navigates her feelings for both Julian and Edith. The story delves into the intricacies of love, compatibility, and the allure of new connections, all while highlighting the cultural dynamics of life as an expat. With a blend of humor and raw emotion, Exciting Times presents a thoughtful examination of personal and financial transactions that shape contemporary life, making it a notable addition to the literary fiction genre.
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“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
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An intimate, 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.
Julian is 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.”
Enter Edith. 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.
And 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?
Politically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, Exciting Times is 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.
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