Us : The Booker Prize-longlisted novel of last-chance love from the author of ONE DAY and YOU ARE HERE - David Nicholls
David Nicholls
- Pages · 432 pages, maps and line drawings
- Publication Date · 04/06/2026
- Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Us: a brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children | Longlisted for the Booker Prize'Perfect' INDEPENDENT 'I honestly can't imagine loving a novel much more' SUNDAY TIMES 'I loved this book. Funny, sad, tender: for anyone who wants to know what happens after the Happy Ever After' JOJO MOYES Douglas and Connie - scientist and artist, husband and wife - live a quiet and quietly unremarkable life in the suburbs of London. Until, suddenly, after more than twenty years of marriage, Connie decides she wants a divorce. Heartbroken but determined, Douglas comes up with the perfect plan: he is going to win back the love of his wife and the respect of Albie, their teenage son, by organising the holiday of a lifetime. The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed. What could possibly go wrong?ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS
'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now'FINANCIAL TIMES
'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters'DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love'THE TIMES
'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does'EVENING STANDARD
'Genuinely brilliant'NEW STATESMAN
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