Naoise Dolan’s The Happy Couple captures the zeitgeist with pin-sharp observations on modern love
Naoise Dolan's writing is witty and incisive. Photo: Gerry Mooney
Estelle Birdy
Naoise Dolan has returned to the territory of her acclaimed debut novel – close observation of relationship dynamics. While 2020’s award-winning Exciting Times examined love within Hong Kong’s multinational migrant community, Dolan’s latest looks at the ties that bind among the elite intelligentsia of Dublin and London.
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