The Happy Couple

Longlisted for the 2024 Polari Book Prize

By: Naoise Dolan

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Paperback | 30 April 2024 | Edition Number 1

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288 Pages

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'I am fully in awe of Dolan's talent' DOUGLAS STUART
'A dazzling follow-up to Exciting Times' KATHERINE HEINY
'Beautiful' PANDORA SYKES

Meet the wedding party:

THE BRIDE AND GROOM

Celine and Luke are meant to get married and live happily ever after. But Celine's more interested in playing the piano, and Luke's a serial cheater.

THE BRIDESMAID

Phoebe, Celine's sister, is meant to finish college and get a real job. Instead she pulls pints, lives with six flatmates, and has no long-term aspirations beyond smoking her millionth cigarette.

THE BEST MAN

Archie, Luke's best friend and ex-boyfriend, is meant to move up the corporate ladder and on from Luke. Yet he stands where he is, admiring the view.

THE GUEST

Vivian, Luke's other best friend and other ex, was meant to put up with Luke's bullshit when they dated. But she didn't. And now she is contented, methodically observing her friends like ants.

As the wedding approaches and these five lives intersect, each character will find themselves looking for a path to their happily ever after - but does it lie at the end of an aisle?

Industry Reviews

Fun, addictive and laced with astute observations - Vogue

Endlessly funny, endlessly inventive - a bold and stylish novel that slipped down and burned like a shot of something lovely

A deep dive into love, betrayal, monogamy and sexuality. Sensational - Daily Mail

A funny and perceptive play on the traditional marriage plot that cements Dolan as one of the cleverest, most amusing new writers around - The i paper

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