Conversations with Friends: 'Brilliant, funny and startling.' GUARDIAN
May 2017 · Faber & Faber
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'A nuanced, page-turning portrait.' Zadie Smith
'Brilliant.' Marian Keyes
'A sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships.' Sunday Telegraph
The critically-acclaimed debut novel from the globally bestselling author of Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You.
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 25 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. At night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Provence, beginning a complex ménage-à-quatre. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.
Readers love Conversations with Friends:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ' Completely engulfs you. I missed it when I finished reading.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Sucked me in and didn't let me go until the very end.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Portrays love and obsession and friendship and anxiety in such accurate detail, I feel like I've lived it.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Rooney's writing is completely addictive.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I wish I could read it for the first time all over again.'
'Brilliant.' Marian Keyes
'A sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships.' Sunday Telegraph
The critically-acclaimed debut novel from the globally bestselling author of Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You.
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 25 NOVEL OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. At night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Provence, beginning a complex ménage-à-quatre. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.
Readers love Conversations with Friends:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ' Completely engulfs you. I missed it when I finished reading.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Sucked me in and didn't let me go until the very end.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Portrays love and obsession and friendship and anxiety in such accurate detail, I feel like I've lived it.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Rooney's writing is completely addictive.'
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I wish I could read it for the first time all over again.'
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4.3
120 reviews
Kath Crolla
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March 18, 2019
Second of hers I've read now and will be the last. Annoying characters who want to hurt themselves and can't make their minds up.
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Lisa Carlon
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May 9, 2021
well crafted debut thriller. I devoured it in one weekend. Tightly plotted. highly cinematic and descriptive. Loved the setting and it's convincing in the detail.Would make a limited series one day. very enjoyable overall and excellent debut novel
1 person found this review helpful
A Google user
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February 17, 2019
Quite enjoyable to read- the characters annoyed me slightly though.
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About the author
Sally Rooney is an Irish novelist. She is the author of the novels Conversations with Frie nds, Normal People, Beautiful World, Where Are You and Intermezzo.
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