** Sally Rooney's new novel Intermezzo is available now ** 'The literary phenomenon of the decade.' Guardian'The book that defined a generation.' StylistConnell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there.
After the critical triumph of "Conversations With Friends", the youngest ever recipient of the PFD/"Sunday Times" Young Writer of the Year Award presents in "Normal People" a love story taking place between two students at Trinity College in Dublin who are from the same town but essentially different worlds. Themes of domination, legitimacy and privilege are addressed through their story in a tone of alternating compassion and menace.