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Acts of Desperation Megan Nolan

Acts of Desperation By Megan Nolan

Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan


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Summary

She's twenty-three and in love with love. The affair is quickly consuming.

But this relationship is unpredictable, and behind his perfect looks is a mean streak. The search for a fix is frantic, and taking a dangerous turn...

We're all looking to get what we want - but do we know what we need?

Acts of Desperation Summary

Acts of Desperation: The must-read novel of 2022 by Megan Nolan

'Crushing...intensely vital' Observer

'It's impossible to tear yourself away' The Times

'Such brilliant writing about female desire...honest and visceral' Marian Keyes

She's twenty-three and in love with love. He's older, and the most beautiful man she's ever seen. The affair is quickly consuming.

But this relationship is unpredictable, and behind his perfect looks is a mean streak. She's intent on winning him over, but neither is living up to the other's ideals. He keeps emailing his thin, glamorous ex, and she's starting to give in to secret, shameful cravings of her own. The search for a fix is frantic, and taking a dangerous turn...

We're all looking to get what we want - but do we know what we need?

Acts of Desperation Reviews

Please believe the hype . . . Nolan's book describes a very particular experience and it does so with rare intelligence and courage . . . [Her] headlong, fearless prose feels like salt wind on cracked lips. You wince and you thrill. * Sunday Times *
Deeply felt and seriously, spikily intelligent . . . The millennial author everyone should be watching right now. * Daily Telegraph *
Tapping into the zeitgeist comes one of the books of 2021: Megan Nolan's Acts of Desperation . . . a heartbreaking-but-resonating portrait of one woman's savage mistreatment of herself in the name of love. * Stylist *
There is so much to admire in this extremely impressive first novel, which captures an intense experience with clarity and style. It is fully itself, and flawless in its way. * Guardian *
Nigh-on impossible not to devour. * Daily Mail *

About Megan Nolan

Megan Nolan lives in London and was born in 1990 in Waterford, Ireland. Her essays, fiction and reviews have been published in The New York Times, The White Review, The Sunday Times, The Village Voice, The Guardian and in the literary anthology, Winter Papers. She writes a fortnightly column for the New Statesman. This is her first novel.

Additional information

GOR011946296
9781529113013
1529113016
Acts of Desperation: The must-read novel of 2022 by Megan Nolan
Used - Like New
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
2022-01-06
304
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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