WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARD 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD The vibrant energy of 1990s London A year of passion & discovery The anxiety & intensity of new love An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama & falls violently in love with an older actor While she is naive & thrilled by life in the big city he is haunted by demons & the clamorous relationship that ensues risks undoing them both At once epic & exquisitely intimate The Lesser Bohemians is a celebration of the dark & the light in love