A Very Nice Girl

A Very Nice Girl
Imogen Crimp
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Trade Paperback
h234 x 153mm - 352pg
3 Feb 2022 UK
International import eta 7-19 days
9781526628947
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A bitingly honest, darkly funny debut about love, sex, power and desire, by a major new British talentAnna is struggling to afford life in London as she trains to be a singer. During the day, she vies to succeed against her course mates with their discreet but inexhaustible streams of cultural capital and money, and in the evening she sings jazz at a bar in the City to make ends meet. It' s there that she meets Max, a financier fourteen years older than her. Over the course of one winter, Anna' s intoxication oscillates between her hard-won moments on stage, where she can zip herself into the skin of her characters, and nights spent with Max in his glass-walled flat overlooking the city. But Anna' s fledgling career demands her undivided attention, and increasingly - whether he necessarily wills it or not - so does Max. . .
Tender, devastating, witty. And deeply true. Sweetbitter meets Normal People -- MEG MASON In A Very Nice Girl, Imogen Crimp explores complicated relationships, the creative life, and the challenges of living in London in your twenties, with precision and subtlety. Touching on feminism, power, finances, and the pleasures and dangers of a new relationship, this book is an assured debut -- CLAIRE FULLER Imogen Crimp captures the glittering thrill of being young and choosing your own life with a dark, unflinching undercurrent of desire, power and control -- JESSICA ANDREWS Transfixing from the start, A Very Nice Girl steals the show. Gorgeous prose, bone-dry humor and brutally shrewd observations make Imogen Crimp' s debut sing in this perilous love story about a talented young woman learning to wield her voice. Intimate and intoxicating, A Very Nice Girl absolutely dazzles -- BECK DOREY-STEIN An exquisitely detailed novel - Crimp absolutely nails the intricate inner workings of the opera world. Humorous, biting, and unnervingly honest, the story explores one young woman' s path to finding herself -- ADDIE WOOLRIDGE
Imogen Crimp has an MA in contemporary literature from UCL, where she specialised in female modernist writers. After university, she initially trained to be an opera singer, studying at a conservatoire. She lives and works in London.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781526628947
Published: 3 Feb 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 234mm
Width: 153mm
Pages: 352

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