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Nothing Special

By: Nicole Flattery
Narrated by: Becca Stewart
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Bloomsbury presents Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery, read by Becca Stewart.

AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
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'A blade-sharp coming-of-age novel' SPECTATOR

'Confirms Flattery as a bracingly original writer' IRISH INDEPENDENT

'In enviably elegant prose, she manages to be both arch and deadly serious' LOUISE KENNEDY
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A wildly original debut novel about two young women navigating the complex worlds of Andy Warhol's Factory, and coming of age in 1960s New York

New York City, 1966. Seventeen-year-old Mae lives in a run-down apartment with her alcoholic mother and her mother's sometimes-boyfriend, Mikey. She is turned off by the petty girls at her high school, and the sleazy men she typically meets. When she drops out, she is presented with a job offer that will remake her world entirely: she is hired as a typist for the artist Andy Warhol.

Warhol is composing an unconventional novel by recording the conversations and experiences of his many famous and alluring friends. Tasked with transcribing these tapes alongside several other girls, Mae quickly befriends Shelley and the two of them embark on a surreal adventure at the fringes of the countercultural movement. Going to parties together, exploring their womanhood and sexuality, this should be the most enlivening experience of Mae's life. But as she grows increasingly obsessed with the tapes and numb to her own reality, Mae must grapple with the thin line between art and voyeurism and determine how she can remain her own person as the tide of the sixties sweeps over her.

Nothing Special is a whip-smart coming-of-age story about friendship, independence and the construction of art and identity, bringing to life the experience of young women in this iconic and turbulent moment.
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©2023 Nicole Flattery (P)2023 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Coming of Age Dark Humor Fiction Literary Fiction Comedy New York Ireland
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Petty and self absorbed.

Nothing Special is the perfect title for this complete waste of time and credit. It wasn’t only a boring story but the remarkably annoying narration made it a painful listen.
Petty and self-absorbed writing about nothing special.

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