"I just found it interesting, obviously, as from her as a character, they know the way she uses sex to kind of escape validate herself," he says. "Quite often i was sort of wincing as i was reading it, you know, that sort of thing where it makes you feel uncomfortable." He adds: "What i want is to write a novel that people feel like they're living with in a genuine way and have a real experience with this"
Megan Nolan’s debut novel, Acts of Desperation, was hailed as a masterpiece by the literary world when it was published in 2021. Searingly honest and darkly amusing, it tells the story of an obsessive relationship. Written in glimmering prose, it charts a young woman’s elation as she falls in love and the obsession, anxiety and self-doubt that ensue. Nolan is also an acclaimed journalist and essayist whose writing appears in The New Statesman, The Guardian and The New York Times. She's joined by fellow journalist and author of the dark satire, How To Kill Your Family, Bella Mackie, to discuss her work.
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