Beautiful World, Where Are You, by Sally Rooney (Faber September 2021)

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Sally Rooney's success is widely known. Her 2 previous novels, Conversations With Friends, and Normal People (made into a hugely successful TV adaptation) have been huge sellers, critically acclaimed, and read by a very wide range of now devoted fans. It's been quite a wait for this 3rd novel, and anticipation and expectation is high. Can she do it again? Yes she can! BWWAY, is a stunningly brilliant account of 4 friends , their lives, hopes and dreams, inner worlds and desires and beliefs. It's seemingly effortlessly profound and resonant with terrific and flawed characters. The dialogue and conversations are brilliant and convincing. I found it moving and thought provoking, and will certainly extend her success.