This Charming Man: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
This Charming Man: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022
By (Author) Marian Keyes
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
3rd January 2007
2nd August 2012
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Fiction
823.92
Physical Properties
Paperback
912
Width 132mm, Height 198mm, Spine 39mm
624g
Description
'Gripping. The master at her best' Daily Telegraph The No 1 bestseller 'Don't you dare be happy, you bastard. That's what I thought when I heard. Don't you dare be happy' Slick, handsome politician Paddy de Courcy is on the up. His party is set do well in the elections and he's just announced his engagement to the beautiful Alicia. Which is news to his girlfriend, Lola, who, within hours, finds herself dumped and warned not to talk to the press. Yet journalist Grace is on the prowl. She has been after Paddy ever since he ruined her sister Marnie's life way back in college. Grace is looking for the inside story and thinks Lola holds the key. But do any of them know the real Paddy Four very different women. One awfully charming man. And the dark secret that binds them all . . . 'So funny, so perceptive, so real. I changed my life for this book' Mail on Sunday 'The laughs come fast and furious. A gripping, compelling tale' Sunday Independent
Reviews
This is an emotional tour de force, with a plot that packs great power but is lifted, as always, by genuine human warmth * Independent *
The laughs come fast and furious . . . a gripping, compelling tale * Sunday Independent *
The queen of page-turners . . . brimming with her trademark down-to-earth wit * Cosmopolitan *
Gripping from the start . . . the master at her best * Daily Telegraph *
Keyes' multi-layered plotting has never been as ingenious as in this . . . It's her best book yet * Irish Times *
Author Bio
Marian Keyes' international bestselling novels include Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story, Anybody Out There, This Charming Man, The Brightest Star in the Sky, The Mystery of Mercy Close and The Woman Who Stole My Life. Two collections of her journalism, Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet, are also available from Penguin. Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.
