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Us: The Booker Prize-longlisted novel from the author of ONE DAY
David Nicholls
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Description for Us: The Booker Prize-longlisted novel from the author of ONE DAY
Paperback. The Man Booker Prize-longlisted follow-up to the multimillion-copy bestselling ONE DAY. Num Pages: 416 pages, Maps and Line Drawings. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 36. Weight in Grams: 292.
*Out now: David Nicholls's new novel YOU ARE HERE*
THE BOOKER PRIZE-LONGLISTED NOVEL BY BELOVED BESTSELLER DAVID NICHOLLS
A brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children
'Perfect'
INDEPENDENT
'I honestly can't imagine loving a novel much more'
SUNDAY TIMES
'Funny and sweet - a lovely, lovely book'
GRAHAM NORTON
'A sad, funny, soulful joy'
OBSERVER
'I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone who wants to know what happens after the Happy Ever After'
JOJO MOYES
Douglas and ... Read moreConnie - scientist and artist, husband and wife - live a quiet and quietly unremarkable life in the suburbs of London. Until, suddenly, after more than twenty years of marriage, Connie decides she wants a divorce.
Heartbroken but determined, Douglas comes up with the perfect plan: he is going to win back the love of his wife and the respect of Albie, their teenage son, by organising the holiday of a lifetime.
The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed.
What could possibly go wrong?
ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS
'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now'
FINANCIAL TIMES
'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters'
DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love'
THE TIMES
'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'
EVENING STANDARD
'Genuinely brilliant'
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Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
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About David Nicholls
David Nicholls is the bestselling author of Starter for Ten, The Understudy, One Day, Us, Sweet Sorrow and You Are Here. One Day was published in 2009 to extraordinary critical acclaim: translated into 40 languages, it became a global bestseller, selling millions of copies worldwide. His fourth novel, Us, was longlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction. On ... Read morescreen, David has written adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd, When Did You Last See Your Father? and Great Expectations, as well as of his own novels, Starter for Ten, One Day and Us. His adaptation of Edward St Aubyn's Patrick Melrose, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was nominated for an Emmy and won him a BAFTA for best writer. The Netflix adaptation of One Day was executive-produced by David. Show Less
Reviews for Us: The Booker Prize-longlisted novel from the author of ONE DAY
Those who loved Nicholls's last novel, One Day, will not be disappointed. Us has many of the same qualities, including an almost magical readability. Though it is an ambitious novel, intricately patterned, which tackles complex and subtle themes, it has the furious pace of a thriller . . . I was having to ration myself for fear of coming to ... Read morethe end too soon
Mail on Sunday
I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone who wants to know what happens after the Happy Ever After
Jojo Moyes A literary and anthropological tour de force . . . astute and packed with brilliant observations, about life, art, culture and the infinite possibilities for human disappointment. I honestly can't imagine loving a novel much more
Christina Patterson
Sunday Times
Us is a work of Cheever-esque perfection that absolutely captures the exquisite horror of not being able to do right for wrong
Damian Barr
Observer
A perfect book
Independent
Nicholls, it seems, was born to write about love, in all its sweetness and bitterness . . . thoughtful, funny, authentic . . . Us begins as a sweet read, but evolves into an examination of love's complexities - the battle between the heart and the brain . . . The kind of book that reminds us what it means to be alive
Good Housekeeping
Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love, this time about a type of relationship often neglected as unsexy - the long-married couple . . . wry, plaintive but ever hopeful
The Times
Very funny, wise and bittersweet
Daily Express
As he proved in One Day, Nicholls is brilliant at picking apart modern life with all its hopes, disillusionments and regrets, and marrying it to a gently heartbreaking narrative
Observer
He doesn't just have a sharp eye for a story, his characters also have real depth and his books are a delicate balance between warmth and edge. No-one ever gets too easy a ride. Us . . . is no exception
John Crace
Guardian
Even better than One Day
The Times
A compulsively readable, formally inventive, extremely funny yet achingly melancholy love story
Andrew Billen
The Times
Nicholls has raised his game . . . the clear writing often dazzles with truth . . . a sad, funny, soulful joy of a book
Matt Haig
Observer
I read it through tears in maybe two sittings . . . at the heart of the book is one man's plight to just get things right. And whoever you are, however logical, or practical with your emotions, most of us just want to get things right when it comes to the people we love
Candice Carty-Williams
I read it through tears in maybe two sittings . . . at the heart of the book is one man's plight to just get things right. And whoever you are, however logical, or practical with your emotions, most of us just want to get things right when it comes to the people we love
Candice Carty-Williams, author of QUEENIE An emotive romantic comedy, ingeniously structured
Evening Standard
Us is a quiet joy, written with an undemonstrative simplicity that is hard to achieve
Sunday Telegraph
Wonderful. A novel that manages to be both truly hilarious and deeply affecting. I loved it
S. J. Watson, author of BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP A wrenching examination of a journey through Europe that goes terribly wrong and a consideration of what it means to be a parent today
Philip Hensher
Guardian
It's the perfect follow-up to One Day because it takes romance to a middle-aged place. It's funny and sweet - a lovely, lovely book
Graham Norton Few authors do messed-up relationships better than Nicholls
People
Bittersweet, beautifully rendered
Sydney Morning Herald
I enjoyed Us immensely. David has a sublime talent for illuminating the murky causeway that most of us have to navigate between darkness and light, happiness and sadness; the place where fatigue is, and restlessness, where love is tested and strained and sometimes broken
Donal Ryan, author of FROM A LOW AND QUIET SEA Beautiful, funny and brilliant
Dan Stevens Nicholls has captured, with rare accuracy, the hopes, fears, compromises and silly jokes that make up our lives. The title says it all: he really is writing about Us
Daily Telegraph
Never has a book about the end of a love affair been so heartrendingly romantic and bittersweet. Rich in pathos, humour and steeped in the wisdom of maturity
Sunday Mirror
Us is an entertaining and clever crossover read . . . one of the best portrayals of the complexities of a long-term relationship I've seen in a contemporary novel
Viv Groskop
Observer
Nicholls is a delightfully funny writer . . . Us evolves into a poignant consideration of how a marriage ages, how parents mess up and what survives despite all those challenges
Washington Post
Nicholls is a master of the braided narrative, weaving the past and present to create an intricate whole, one that is at times deceptively light and unexpectedly devastating . . . this is a funny and moving novel perfect for a long journey
Kirkus
His organisation of the story is impeccable . . . The narrative neatly weaves present and past with a perfect rhythmic sense of when to leave or revisit a particular strand. The dialogue is always bouncy . . . acute and astute about the dynamics of relationships
Mark Lawson
Guardian
Nicholls's superior brand of romantic comedy, shot through with dark shards of truth, gets under the skin
Rachel Hore
Independent
Nicholls's ability to create and then subvert the traditional plot for a comedy is the secret of his success. It makes us confront the gap between what we expect from storytelling and what happens in real life . . . it is this frank exploration of some of the unromantic realities of marriage and growing old that makes this book moving and thought-provoking
Spectator
A spectacularly well observed, funny and often heartbreaking account of the difficulties of marriage and parenting
Heat
Clever and likeable
Literary Review
It's funny, moving and, of course, wonderfully written
Sun
A great combination of laughs and heart
Sophie Kinsella, author of THE PARTY CRASHER A happier, lighter, more well-adjusted version of Gone Girl . . . For all of their burdens and battles, Douglas and Connie have moments of real joy in their marriage and while it doesn't always seem like a pleasure, reading about it sure is
Time
Nicholls again deals with love lost and possibility found, offering an unpredictable ending . . . a poignant story of regret in middle age
New York Times
Peerless at mixing eye-smarting tragedy with ebullient comedy
Metro
Well worth the wait . . . A poignant and acutely observed portrayal of a marriage that's lost its way
Express
A stylish comedy delivered with all of Nicholls's customary aplomb
Mail on Sunday
David Nicholls has such finesse with character that he can create two central figures who are self-deceiving, funny, awful and touching - and who pull you through the narrative like magnets
Helen Dunmore, author of BIRDCAGE WALK A great novel . . . Nicholls is a master of nuanced relationships. He's also a pro at delivering a tight, clever structural narrative
Entertainment Weekly
Us is the tender, sometimes funny, often heartbreaking journey of two adults experiencing one of those growing-up moments in life that is somehow all the more poignant because they think they're too old to grow up
Thea Sharrock, director of ME BEFORE YOU Show Less
