{"product_id":"nicola-dinan-disappoint-me-2025-paperback","title":"Nicola Dinan: Disappoint Me [2025] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe brand-new novel from the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eBellies\u003c\/i\u003e, a funny and poignant exploration of millennial angst, race, trans panic, and the allure of bougie domesticity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChosen as a 'Best Book of 2025' by \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDazed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnOther\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGQ \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the UK's most perceptive young novelists with her finger firmly on the pulse of contemporary behaviour' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Riveting, funny and devastating' Shon Faye, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Transgender Issue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMax is thirty, a published poet and grossly overpaid legal counsel for a tech company. She's living her best life! Or is she?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe debris of years of dysphoria and failed relationships rattle around in her head. When she tumbles down the stairs at a New Year's Eve party and wakes up in hospital alone, she decides to make some changes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst things first: a stab at good old-fashioned heteronormativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter Vincent, corporate lawyer and hobby baker. His trad friendship group may as well speak a different language to Max, and his Chinese parents never pictured their son dating a trans woman. It's uncertain terrain, but Vincent cares for Max in a way she'd long given up on as a foolish fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet Vincent is carrying his own baggage. On his gap year in Thailand a decade prior, he vies for the attention of a gorgeous traveller, Alex, with secrets of her own. Is Vincent really the new face of the Enlightened Man, or will the ghosts of his past sabotage his and Max's happiness?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFunny, moving, and poignant, \u003ci\u003eDisappoint Me\u003c\/i\u003e reckons with the pressures of living the 'right' kind of life and making peace with the past.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for\u003ci\u003e Disappoint Me:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absolute gift...I loved it\u003c\/b\u003e' Oisin McKenna, author of\u003ci\u003e Evenings and Weekends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Nicola Dinan writes like some kind of demigod\u003c\/b\u003e' Torrey Peters, author of \u003ci\u003eDetransition, Baby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003eriveting\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ehilarious\u003c\/b\u003e and totally \u003cb\u003edevastating love story\u003c\/b\u003e... will have you gripped and sets Dinan as a literary voice to watch' \u003ci\u003eElle, 'Best Books of 2025'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Pacy, perfectly pitched and emotionally honest: \u003cb\u003eI loved every page\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eStylist, 'Best Books of 2025'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sharply \u003cb\u003einsightful\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ewarm\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eheartbreaking\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan, 'Best Books of 2025'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Nicola Dinan will be studied in years to come as \u003cb\u003eone of the modern greats\u003c\/b\u003e. . . The kind of writing you'll be talking about for weeks after you've finished reading.' \u003ci\u003enb Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dinan, Nicola","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50643790201171,"sku":"9781529930634","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/dinan-nicola-nicola-dinan-disappoint-me-2025-paperback-9781529930634-1151713107.jpg?v=1742942854","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/nicola-dinan-disappoint-me-2025-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}