'We get friendship, lies, recrimination, resentment, jealousy, betrayal and sex, bidden and forbidden. In other words, all the good stuff. . . A near-flawless novel from an Irish writer who just gets better and better' IRISH TIMES
Dylan, Stevie and Ben have been inseparable since college, when life pulsed with possibility: nights spent dancing under flashing lights, salt on their skin after swims in Dublin Bay.
Two decades later, their dreams have faltered. Dylan, once a rugby star, is stranded on the sofa, tended by his wife, Rachel. Stevie and Ben's relationship has settled into an airless routine. Then, at last, Ben lands the role of a lifetime in Pinter's Betrayal.
As rehearsals unfold, the play's shifting loyalties seep into reality, stirring old jealousies and awakening forbidden longings. Wry, sexy and deftly observed, Little Vanities is a novel about the perilous thrill of stepping outside the roles we've been given-and the distance between the lives we imagined and the ones we find ourselves living.
'A natural writer' ANNE ENRIGHT
'Wonderfully authentic, electrifying' CLARE CHAMBERS
'Fantastic at examining the tussles between people in relationships' THE TIMES
'Messy, complicated, compelling' EMILIE PINE
'A riveting tale of emotional infidelity' AINGEALA FLANNERY
Author: Sarah Gilmartin
Publication Date: 21-05-2026
Format: Paperback / softback
Pages: 288
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Height (mm): 216
Width (mm): 135
Length (mm): 216
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