Fiction’s fantastic year
It’s been a bountiful year for brilliant new books from the world of fiction. Cast your eye upon the top fiction picks of the year, with Nadine O’Regan selecting her favourites
LITERARY FICTION
Conversations With Friends
By Sally Rooney
This debut novel by Sally Rooney has been rapturously received by publications here and abroad – including at the New Yorker – and Rooney deserves every bit of her success. Conversations With Friends tells the story of an artsy group of friends, a number of whom are having affairs: think F Scott Fitzgerald mixed with Sheila Heti, and you’re halfway there. A grippingly intellectual novel, ...
