Thirst Trap

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 Bestseller
WINNER of the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award
Shortlisted 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' – Independent

Belfast: 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 Snowflake

Shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards
A Most-Anticipated Novel of Year – DAZED, Irish Times, RTÉ

Readers 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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