This Charming Man: British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022

Marian Keyes

Apr 2008 · Penguin UK

About this ebook

*** CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR 2022***

Relish the wit and wisdom of Marian Keyes in this story of four women caught up in what seems like love, but may be something much darker . . . from the No. 1 bestselling author of Grown Ups

'So funny, so perceptive, so real . . . I changed my life for this book' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'An emotional tour de force with genuine human warmth' INDEPENDENT
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'Everybody remembers where they were the day they heard that Paddy de Courcy was getting married'

Slick, handsome politician Paddy de Courcy is on the up. His party is set to do well in the elections and he's just announced his engagement to the beautiful Alicia.

Which is news to his girlfriend, Lola, who, within hours, finds herself dumped and warned not to talk to the press.

Yet journalist Grace is on the prowl. She has been after Paddy ever since he ruined her sister Marnie's life way back in college.

Grace is looking for the inside story and thinks Lola holds the key . . .

But do any of them know the real Paddy?
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'The laughs come fast and furious . . . a gripping, compelling tale' Sunday Independent

'The queen of page-turners . . . brimming with her trademark down-to-earth wit' Cosmopolitan

'Gripping from the start . . . the master at her best' Daily Telegraph

Winner of the British Book Awards May 2022

Ratings and reviews

Not one of my favourites, but still read it over and over, I think is just one I have to be in the mood for. Love ms keyes as always keeping me entertaind

Took a while to get used to "Lola speak" but great characters great story.

Read the book twice & loved it. I would give this book a thumbs up...

About the author

Marian Keyes is the international bestselling author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story, Anybody Out There, This Charming Man, The Brightest Star in the Sky, The Mystery of Mercy Close and The Woman Who Stole My Life. Her journalism, collected under two titles, Making It Up As I Go Along and Under the Duvet: Deluxe Edition, containing the original publications Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet, are also available from Penguin.
Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.