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Informationen zum Autor Susannah Dickey is a novelist and poet from Derry. She is the author of four poetry pamphlets: I had some very slight concerns (2017), genuine human values (2018), bloodthirsty for marriage (2020), and Oh! (2022). Her debut collection, ISDAL, will be published by Picador in Autumn 2023. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in The TLS , The Poetry Review and The White Review , and her fiction has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her critically acclaimed debut novel, Tennis Lessons , was published in July 2020. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from Queen's University Belfast and lives in London. Common Decency is her second novel. Klappentext FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF TENNIS LESSONS 'Susannah Dickey is a phenomenal talent and I loved this novel.' ELIZABETH DAY 'I loved Common Decency . . . such a propulsive joy to read too.' MEGAN NOLAN 'One of the funniest and most insightful novelists writing today.' NELL FRIZZELL In an apartment building in Belfast, two women wrestle with the sorrows and spectres of love and loss. Since her mother's death, Lily has withdrawn from the world, trapped between grief and anger. She has to break out of this damaging cycle - but how? Upstairs, Siobhán is consumed by her affair with a married man. Her days revolve around his sporadic texts and rare visits. She barely notices the strange girl who lives below and dawdles in the foyer. But Lily is keeping a close eye on her neighbour, whose life seems so much better and more fulfilling than her own. When resentment evolves into something darker and more urgent, she decides to teach Siobhán a lesson... From the critically acclaimed author of Tennis Lessons comes a darkly powerful novel about two lives running closely in parallel but divided by gulfs of misunderstanding. With boundless wisdom and deep empathy, Dickey charts the anonymity and hidden intimacies of modern existence, and our profound human need to connect. 'A treat...vividly compelling' Sunday Times 'Sharp as tacks, extremely funny and deeply moving. This novel is very good company.' JAN CARSON Zusammenfassung FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF TENNIS LESSONS 'Susannah Dickey is a phenomenal talent and I loved this novel.' ELIZABETH DAY 'I loved Common Decency . . . such a propulsive joy to read too.' MEGAN NOLAN 'One of the funniest and most insightful novelists writing today.' NELL FRIZZELL In an apartment building in Belfast, two women wrestle with the sorrows and spectres of love and loss. Since her mother's death, Lily has withdrawn from the world, trapped between grief and anger. She has to break out of this damaging cycle - but how? Upstairs, Siobhán is consumed by her affair with a married man. Her days revolve around his sporadic texts and rare visits. She barely notices the strange girl who lives below and dawdles in the foyer. But Lily is keeping a close eye on her neighbour, whose life seems so much better and more fulfilling than her own. When resentment evolves into something darker and more urgent, she decides to teach Siobhán a lesson... From the critically acclaimed author of Tennis Lessons comes a darkly powerful novel about two lives running closely in parallel but divided by gulfs of misunderstanding. With boundless wisdom and deep empathy, Dickey charts the anonymity and hidden intimacies of modern existence, and our profound human need to connect. 'A treat...vividly compelling' Sunday Times 'Sharp as tacks, extremely funny and deeply moving. This novel is very good company.' JAN CARSON ...
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