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Naoise Dolan onderzoekt identiteit en relaties met een scherpe, inzichtelijke stem. Haar werk duikt in de complexiteit van het moderne leven en biedt een uniek perspectief op neurodiversiteit en queer ervaringen. Dolan schrijft met scherpe humor en precieze proza dat diepere waarheden over menselijke connecties blootlegt. Haar romans leveren een frisse en provocerende bijdrage aan de hedendaagse literatuur.


Ava, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.Julian is a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than 'I like you a great deal'.Enter Edith, a lawyer. Refreshingly enthusiastic and unapologetically earnest, Edith takes Ava to the theatre when Julian leaves Hong Kong for work. Quickly, she becomes something Ava looks forward to.And then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong... Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?Politically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, EXCITING TIMES is thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love. In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a life-and announces herself as a singular new voice.