The Lesser Bohemians 9780571327881 Paperback

ANIRISH TIMESTOP 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURYWINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE’It broke my heart several times over.’Evening Standard’Dazzling.’Times Literary Supplement’Extraordinary.’New Statesman’ The life here radiates through the pages and illuminates ours.’GuardianThe 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. The clamorous relationship that ensues risks undoing them both. At once epic and exquisitely intimate,The Lesser Bohemiansis a celebration of the dark and the light in love.