Thirst Trap: A funny and bittersweet story about the messy reality of friendship

The International Bestseller Shortlisted for the Betty Trask Prize

'Hilarious and gut-wrenching' - Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller

'Think Dolly Alderton, but with the sharp edges of Eliza Clark' - Independent

Belfast: three girls are living for the weekend, their wild friendship the only thing that matters.

Harley: hurtling from club to club in a wild and blurry quest for meaning. Maggie: navigating a situationship with an unavailable woman, and, of course, therapy. Róise: only bothering to turn up to her boring office job due to an ill-advised crush on her boss.

But the three of them used to be four. And now, one year on from a tragic accident that almost ripped them apart, Harley, Maggie and Róise still can’t face up to any of it: to adulthood, the future, and to each other.

'An emotional wild ride in all the best ways' - Dakota Johnson, TEATIME Book club

'Compulsively readable and brilliant on friendship and grief. I raced through it' - Daily Mail

'So funny, taut and complex' - Wendy Erskine, author of The Benefactors

'Like the literary love child of Miranda July and Carrie Fisher, transposed in Belfast - hilarious, smart and chaotic in the best way' - Louise Nealon, author of Snowflake

Shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards A Most Anticipated Novel of the Year - DAZED, Irish Times, RTÉ

Readers are raving about Thirst Trap:

'Made me laugh and cry in equal measure' 'Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving . . . I loved every page of it’ 'Sharp, funny, and deeply relatable' 'This book is the moment' 'I mourned this being over. It’s sad and beautiful and real and messy. It’s perfect'

© 2025 Picador (Lydbog): 9781035046232

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Lydbog: 12. juni 2025