Us: The Booker Prize-longlisted novel from the author of ONE DAY
Sep 2014 · Hachette UK
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***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 Connie - 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'
NEW STATESMAN
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 Connie - 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'
NEW STATESMAN
Ratings and reviews
4.1
166 reviews
Linda Stringer
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February 2, 2015
Really great book. I felt I knew Douglas and found him both irritating and charmingly funny. Sadly Albie didn't always view his father like that. Now I have finished the book I feel sad and will miss the characters.
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Heidri Saayman
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December 17, 2015
You start off loving Douglas (funny brilliant man), then feel sorry for him (condemned man savouring his last dessert), then hate him (for being a overbearing parent), only to realise you ARE him - to your spouse and kids. A beautiful, emotional journey to understanding our relationships with others and ourselves. Bravo!
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Brian White
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February 20, 2017
An extraordinary story. Soon into it I presumed it was autobiographical, and it's only now that I've finished it that I realise it isn't. Connie was the antithesis of 'my kind of woman', and as I'm just like Douglas I was quite pleased the ill-matched couple separated (although poor ol' 'D' wasn't best pleased); and thank god my son wasn't at all like Albie!!
About the author
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 screen, 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.
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