Published: 04/05/2017
Another exquisite, meticulously constructed exploration of character and motive from the author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, McBride’s 90s-set story of campus life and toxic relationships is ablaze with memorable moments. Enthralling and insightful, The Lesser Bohemians burns with intensity and passion.
Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2017
Longlisted for the Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction 2017
Shortlisted for the Goldsmith's Prize 2016
Shortlisted for the Bord Gais Irish Novel of the Year 2016
The vibrant energy of 1990s London. A year of passion and discovery. The anxiety and intensity of new love. An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama and falls violently in love with an older actor.
While she is naive and thrilled by life in the big city, he is haunted by demons, and the clamorous relationship that ensues risks undoing them both.
At once epic and exquisitely intimate, The Lesser Bohemians is a celebration of the dark and the light in love from the author of A Girl is a Half-formed Thing.
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 9780571327881
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 258 g
Dimensions: 199 x 130 x 20 mm
Edition: Main
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