Bücher von Nicole Flattery

A 2023 HIGHLIGHT FOR: THE TIMES * STYLIST * GQ * GUARDIAN * HARPER'S BAZAAR * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'A wry, witty and wonderful novel from a brilliantly captivating storyteller' JOSEPH O'CONNOR'Nothing Special casts such a stylish and transportive spell . . . I'll never again ride an escalator without thinking of this book' SLOANE CROSLEY'Told with dry wit and sharp observation . . . A bold and funny coming-of-age novel' IMOGEN CRIMPNew York City, 1966. Seventeen-year-old Mae lives in a run-down apartment with her alcoholic mother and her mother's sometimes-boyfriend, Mikey. She is turned off by the petty girls at her high school, and the sleazy men she typically meets. When she drops out, she is presented with a job offer that will remake her world entirely: she is hired as a typist for the artist Andy Warhol.Warhol is composing an unconventional novel by recording the conversations and experiences of his many famous and alluring friends. Tasked with transcribing these tapes alongside several other girls, Mae quickly befriends Shelley and the two of them embark on a surreal adventure at the fringes of the countercultural movement. Going to parties together, exploring their womanhood and sexuality, this should be the most enlivening experience of Mae's life. But as she grows increasingly obsessed with the tapes and numb to her own reality, Mae must grapple with the thin line between art and voyeurism and determine how she can remain her own person as the tide of the sixties sweeps over her.Nothing Special is a whip-smart coming-of-age story about friendship, independence and the construction of art and identity, bringing to life the experience of young women in this iconic and turbulent moment.PRAISE FOR SHOW THEM A GOOD TIME'A masterclass . . . Bold, irreverent and agonisingly funny' Sally Rooney'Announces the arrival of a brilliant talent' Financial Times'Explores difficult questions about self-worth, agency and intimacy with thrilling sharpness' Sunday Times'Demands repeated reading' Jon McGregor

"Ich liebe Nicole Flatterys Schreiben." (Sally Rooney) Ihr Debütroman ist eine Coming-of-Age-Geschichte über die Freundschaft zweier Frauen im New York der 1960er Jahre.Mae ist siebzehn, als sie anfängt, für Andy Warhol zu arbeiten. Sie soll die Gespräche abtippen, die er mit seinen berühmten Freunden führt. Eben erst den tristen Großstadträndern entlaufen, kennt Mae davon nur die wenigsten. Und doch fühlt sie sich zum ersten Mal am richtigen Ort: Zwischen all den exzentrischen Menschen sind ihre sonst so bizarren Sehnsüchte plötzlich originell und willkommen. In dieser schillernden Welt wird die neue Kollegin Shelley zu Maes Kompass, die Schreibmaschine zu einer Verlängerung ihrer selbst und die "Factory" zu ihrem Zuhause. Bis sie sich in dem surrealen Abenteuer, dessen dunklen Sog sie erst zu spät zu fürchten lernt, vollkommen verliert.Ein eigensinniger, großartiger Roman über die Grenzen weiblicher Unabhängigkeit und die Unwahrscheinlichkeit guter Kunst.