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Exciting times book ending6/29/2023 Dolan peppers the novel with sharp observations about gender, class, race, colonialism and money.Īva uses her “abortion fund” – the cash she saved in Ireland, just in case that trip to England became necessary – to pay for her flight to Hong Kong, and later she ends up explaining to Julian why she has to fly home to vote in the referendum. Like both Conversations with Friends and Normal People, Exciting Times is about young people who are still learning how to be in the world. What matters here is what is being said – or, often more accurately, what is not being said. Dolan’s pared-back style is reminiscent of Rooney’s eschewal of all extraneous scene-setting. But in this particular instance, there is something in the appraisal. Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan, published by W&NĪny young, female Irish novelist writing about millennials is inevitably going to find herself compared to Sally Rooney. When Julian returns, Ava finds herself torn between them. While he is gone, she starts spending time with Edith, and history all but repeats itself – only she and Edith aren’t just sleeping together, they’re falling in love, too. Then Julian’s work calls him home to London for a few months, leaving Ava alone in Hong Kong. Not that they are a couple, though they both agree on that. Pretty soon, they start sleeping together and she moves in with him.
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