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You can win copies of EXCITING TIMES, one of the biggest debuts of 2020

EXCITING TIMES from Naoise Dolan is a slyly humorous and scorchingly smart modern love story, and a Sunday Times and Irish Times bestseller.

To celebrate the publication of the paperback we are giving 3 reading groups the chance to win 10 copies.

To enter, please enter by the closing date on 21st March.

About EXCITING TIMES
When you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents’ money, it’s called a gap year. When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, she’s not sure what to call it, but it involves:

- a badly-paid job in Hong Kong, teaching English grammar to rich children;
- Julian, who likes to spend money on Ava and lets her move into his guest room;
- Edith, who Ava meets while Julian is out of town and actually listens to her when she talks;
- money, love, cynicism, unspoken feelings and unlikely connections.

Exciting times ensue.

About Naoise Dolan
Naoise Dolan is an Irish writer born in Dublin. She studied English Literature at Trinity College Dublin and Oxford University. EXCITING TIMES is her first novel, an excerpt from which was published in The Stinging Fly.

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