So a lot of her narration comes from that disjuncture between, on one level, getting it and, on another level, not getting anything at all. It is about Ava, a young expat English teacher from Ireland who's navigating two romantic relationships.ĭOLAN: She's a somewhat repressed but fairly wry young woman who I think uses a lot of dark humor as a coping device and maybe is better at thinking about things analytically than she is at understanding herself or those around her on more emotional levels. GREENE: So her novel is set in Hong Kong. NAOISE DOLAN: I'm sure I would have been completely floored and not know how to react at all if I saw it in a bookshop because I've never known that feeling. Doing everything remotely, it's really all she knows. The 28-year-old's new novel is called "Exciting Times." I am not sure these are the most exciting times to release a book, given the pandemic, but Dolan is taking it all in stride. She is one of Ireland's most acclaimed young authors.
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