About the Book

Sally Rooney's new novel Intermezzo is available in paperback now.

"A nuanced, page-turning portrait." — Zadie Smith

"Brilliant." — Marian Keyes

"A sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships." — Sunday Telegraph

The critically-acclaimed debut novel from the globally bestselling author of Normal People and Beautiful World, Where Are You. Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and observant. At night she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend. When they are befriended by Melissa, a well-known journalist who is married to Nick, an actor, they enter a world of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Provence, beginning a complex ménage-à-quatre. But when Frances and Nick get unexpectedly closer, Frances is forced to honestly confront her own vulnerabilities for the first time.

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Completely engulfs you. I missed it when I finished reading."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Sucked me in and didn’t let me go until the very end."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Portrays love and obsession and friendship and anxiety in such accurate detail, I feel like I’ve lived it."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Rooney’s writing is completely addictive."

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "I wish I could read it for the first time all over again."