Thirst Trap

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A wildly original debut set in Belfast: full of the pain, joy and bad decisions arising from young friendship, grief and bad house shares. The International BestsellerShortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize'Hilarious and gut-wrenching' – Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller'Think Dolly Alderton, but with the sharp edges of Eliza Clark' – IndependentBelfast: three girls are living for the weekend, their friendship the only thing that matters.Harley: hurtling from club to club in a wild and blurry quest for meaning.Maggie: navigating a situationship with an unavailable woman, and, of course, therapy.Róise: only bothering to turn up to her boring office job due to an ill-advised crush on her boss.But the three of them used to be four. And now, one year on from a tragic accident that almost ripped the group apart, Harley, Maggie and Róise still can't face up to any of it: to adulthood, the future, or to one another.'Compulsively readable and brilliant on friendship and grief. I raced through it' – Daily Mail'So funny, taut and complex' – Wendy Erskine, author of The Benefactors'Like the literary love child of Miranda July and Carrie Fisher, transposed in Belfast – hilarious, smart and chaotic in the best way' – Louise Nealon, author of SnowflakeShortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the An Post Irish Book AwardsA Most-Anticipated Novel of Year – DAZED, Irish Times, RTÉReaders are raving about Thirst Trap:'Made me laugh and cry in equal measure''Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving . . . I loved every page of it’'Sharp, funny, and deeply relatable''This book is the moment''I mourned this being over. It’s sad and beautiful and real and messy. It’s perfect'

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