Good Material: THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, FROM THE AUTHOR OF EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE - Softcover

Alderton, Dolly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241993164 ISBN 13: 9780241993163

Publisher: Penguin, 2024

Synopsis

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2024*

Every relationship has one beginning. This one has two endings.

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‘Funny – of course it’s funny – but also smart, insightful and sincere about heartbreak' David Nicholls, author of One Day

'A novel to be devoured, adored, underlined ... if only more books made you laugh as much as this' The i

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Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy.
And he can't work out why she stopped.

Now he is. . .
1. Without a home
2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off
3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking

Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him.

Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story.

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable story of heartbreak and friendship, and how to survive both.

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‘Made me laugh while punching me in the gut. Loved this book’ AISLING BEA

'This is the greatest. You'll cry and laugh. I read it though the night. And I never, ever avoid sleep' CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN

‘I award it 13/10 on my QWJ scale (stands for Queasy With Jealousy that I didn't write it)’ MARIAN KEYES

'The author of Everything I Know About Love nails the zeitgeist with a witty, relatable and acutely insightful page-turner about the trials and tribulations of the lovelorn' Daily Express

Good Material, Instant Sunday Times bestseller, November 2023

About this title

About the Author

Dolly Alderton is an award-winning and bestselling author, screenwriter and journalist based in London. She is the author of two Sunday Times bestselling works of non-fiction: Everything I Know About Love, which won a National Book Award (UK) for Autobiography of the Year and was made into a BBC One TV Series, and Dear Dolly, a collection of her agony aunt columns from The Sunday Times Style magazine. She is also the author of two novels, Ghosts and Good Material, which were both instant Sunday Times bestsellers. She is a columnist for The Sunday Times Style and has also written for GQ, Red, Marie Claire and Grazia. She is the co-creator and former co-host of the beloved podcast The High Low.

From the Back Cover

From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a funny, wise, deeply relatable novel about heartbreak and friendships - and how to survive both.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241993164
• ISBN 13: 9780241993163
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352