The Happy Couple: A sparkling story of modern love from the bestselling author of EXCITING TIMES (Paperback) - Naoise Dolan

From the author of Exciting Times , this is a sparkling ensemble novel about love and marriage, fidelity and betrayal, that is both ferociously clever and supremely enjoyable

'A brilliant contemporary novel' Colm Toibin
'I am fully in awe of Dolan's talent' Douglas Stuart
'I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed it' Marian Keyes
'Dazzling. Not a word is out of place' Katherine Heiny

Meet Celine and Luke. To all intents and purposes, the happy couple.

But Celine's more interested in playing the piano, and Luke's a serial cheater.

And as their big day approaches, the complicated lives of the wedding party begin to unravel. A fed-up bridesmaid, a lovesick best man, guests and family members all find themselves searching for their own happily ever afters.

From the author of Exciting Times, this is a sparkling ensemble novel about love and marriage, fidelity and betrayal.

About the Author

Naoise Dolan is an Irish writer born in Dublin. She studied at Trinity College, followed by a Master's in Victorian literature at Oxford. Her debut novel, Exciting Times, was a Sunday Times bestseller, widely translated and optioned for TV. She is the winner of the 2021 Hawthornden Prize for Literature and has been shortlisted and longlisted for several prizes, including The Women's Prize for Fiction, the Dylan Thomas Prize and The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award.