A young poet in Dublin gets drawn into the lives of an older married couple
What it is about
Frances is a twenty-one-year-old student who performs spoken-word poetry with her former girlfriend and best friend Bobbi. They meet Melissa, a well-known writer, and her actor husband Nick. Frances begins an affair with Nick that complicates everything. The narration is cool, sharp and very precise.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like quiet literary novels about relationships.
What you will get
The debut of a major young novelist. It was adapted into a 2022 television series.
Behind the book
It was adapted into a 12-episode series for BBC Three and Hulu in 2022.
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Conversations with Friends Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Dublin · Affairs · Friendship
Length
321 pages · ≈ 9 h
More about this book
Characters
Frances, Bobbi, Melissa and Nick.
Setting
Dublin and a holiday house in France.
What makes it different
A debut told in clean, unadorned prose with no quotation marks.
Feel
Cool, intimate and tense.
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