Little Vanities

Tracing the intertwined lives of two couples from their Trinity College years to the reckonings of midlife, Little Vanities is a radiant story of love, desire and fidelity, and the fragile scripts we live by.

'We get friendship, lies, recrimination, resentment, jealousy, betrayal and sex, bidden and forbidden. In other words, all the good stuff. A near-flawless novel from an Irish writer who just gets better and better' IRISH TIMES

Two couples. Twenty years. One unforgettable story.

Two decades later, their dreams have faltered. Dylan, once a rugby star, is stranded on the sofa, tended by his wife, Rachel. Across town, in their new build, Stevie and Ben's relationship has settled into an airless routine. Then, after countless auditions, Ben lands a role in Pinter's Betrayal.

As rehearsals unfold, the play's shifting loyalties seep into reality, stirring old jealousies and awakening forbidden longings, as each must confront how far they are willing to go in pursuit of desire.

Wry, sexy and deftly observed, Little Vanities is a novel about the perilous thrill of stepping outside the roles we've been given-and the distance between the lives we imagined and the ones we find ourselves living.

'A natural writer' ANNE ENRIGHT

'Wonderfully authentic, electrifying' CLARE CHAMBERS

'Fantastic at examining the tussles between people in relationships' THE TIMES

'Messy, complicated, compelling' EMILIE PINE

'A riveting tale of emotional infidelity' AINGEALA FLANNERY

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