‘ Beautiful World, Where Are You is not just worth reading. ‘Written with immense skill and illuminated by an endlessly incisive intelligence.’ Funny and smart, full of sex and love and people doing their best to connect.’ ‘The book moved me to tears more than once. There is a touching honesty and truthfulness in these pages, along with a quiet brilliance.’ The dialogue never falters, and the prose burns up the page.’ Are they standing in the last lighted room before the darkness, bearing witness to something? Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world? They worry about sex and friendship and the world they live in. They desire each other, they delude each other, they get together, they break apart. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood.Īlice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young – but life is catching up with them. *The Sunday Times and Global number one bestseller*Īlice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he’d like to travel to Rome with her. ‘ Beautiful World, Where Are You is Rooney’s best novel.’ THE TIMES
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