The Lesser Bohemians

LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARD 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 2018LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

From the writer of one of the most memorable debuts of recent years, a story of first love and redemption.

One night in London an eighteen year old girl, recently arrived from Ireland to study drama, meets an older actor and a tumultuous relationship ensues. Set across the bedsits and squats of mid-nineties north London, The Lesser Bohemians is a story about love and innocence, joy and discovery, the grip of the past and the struggle to be new again.