The Lesser Bohemians

1990s London. An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama and falls violently in love with an older actor. While she is naive and thrilled by life in the big city, he is haunted by demons, and the clamorous relationship that ensues risks undoing them both.

AN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 BEST IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY

WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE

'It broke my heart several times over.' Evening Standard
'Dazzling.' Times Literary Supplement
'Extraordinary.' New Statesman
' The life here radiates through the pages and illuminates ours.' Guardian

The vibrant energy of 1990s London. A year of passion and discovery. The anxiety and intensity of new love.

An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama and falls violently in love with an older actor. While she is naive and thrilled by life in the big city, he is haunted by demons. The clamorous relationship that ensues risks undoing them both. At once epic and exquisitely intimate, The Lesser Bohemians is a celebration of the dark and the light in love.

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