So, in ways it could be seen as a novel about a love triangle. The novel revolves around the relationships between Ava/ Julian and Ava/ Edith. The richer I got, the harder it would be for anyone to force me to do anything. I got the money together by waitressing, then kept adding to it after I had enough for a procedure in England. I knew some women who saved with their friends, and they all helped whoever was unlucky. Throughout college back in Ireland, I’d kept a savings account that I charmingly termed ‘abortion fund’. She used an ‘abortion fund’ she had saved up during her time in college to pay for the flight and a room for the first month: Ava had a rather original way to finance her trip to Hong Kong. Even on this level it shares some similarities with the excellent Threshold by Rob Doyle. It is awarded to the best work of literary fiction published in the English language by an author under the age of 40.Įxciting Times is set in Hong Kong and where it’s narrator Ava, having just finished university, has moved in order to teach English. Exciting Times was also nominated in the Best Newcomer Category at the An Post Irish Book Awards. As if that was not enough it has also been shortlisted for the Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize which is one of the world’s largest literary prizes. In addition to appearing in best selling lists in the original English, it has also been translated into Italian where it has got rave reviews. Exciting Times is the debut novel from Irish writer Naoise Dolan (and one of the Headstuff Picks of 2020).
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