{"product_id":"exciting-times-a-novel-1","title":"Exciting Times: A Novel","description":"“This debut novel about an Irish\nexpat millennial teaching English and finding romance in Hong Kong is half\nSally Rooney love triangle, half glitzy Crazy Rich Asians high\nliving—and guaranteed to please.” —Vogue\nA RECOMMENDED BOOK FROM:\nThe New York Times Book Review * Vogue * TIME * Marie Claire * Elle * O, the Oprah Magazine * The Washington Post * Esquire * Harper's Bazaar * Bustle * PopSugar * Refinery 29 * LitHub * Debutiful\n\nAn intimate, bracingly intelligent debut novel about a millennial Irish expat who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a male banker and a female lawyer\nAva, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.\nJulian is a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than \"I like you a great deal.\"\nEnter Edith. A Hong Kong–born lawyer, striking and ambitious, Edith takes Ava to the theater and leaves her tulips in the hallway. Ava wants to be her—and wants her.\nAnd then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong... Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?\nPolitically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, Exciting Times is thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love. In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a life—and announces herself as a singular new voice.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062968750\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0062968750.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Dolan, Naoise\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43403516215357,"sku":"BVV.0062968750.G","price":5.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0062968750-0.jpg?v=1785186929","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/exciting-times-a-novel-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}