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Disappoint Me

Nicola Dinan

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English
Doubleday
28 January 2025
A voice-driven, funny and poignant exploration of millennial angst, race, trans panic, and the allure of bougie domesticity, Disappoint Me will delight and provoke readers in equal measure.

A funny, moving and poignant exploration of modern romance and the allure of domesticity from the Polari-prize-winning author of Bellies

Chosen as a 'Best Book of 2025' by Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Stylist, Elle, Dazed, Vogue, AnOther, and GQ

'One of the UK's most perceptive young novelists with her finger firmly on the pulse of contemporary behaviour' Guardian

'Riveting, funny and devastating' Shon Faye, bestselling author of The Transgender Issue

Max didn't mean to fall for Vincent - a corporate lawyer and hobby baker whose trad friendship group are a world away from her life as a trans woman. But after years of bad dates and dysphoria he's a breath of fresh air. Their connection seems genuine, his care feels real. But Vincent is carrying his own baggage. On his gap year in Thailand a decade prior, he vies for the attention of a gorgeous traveller, Alex, with secrets of her own. Is Vincent really the new face of the Enlightened Man, or will the ghosts of his past sabotage his and Max's happiness?

Disappoint Me is an incisive reckoning with forgiveness and the complexity of modern relationships, told with Nicola Dinan's trademark wit and heart.

Praise for Disappoint Me- 'An absolute gift...

I loved it' Oisin McKenna, author of Evenings and Weekends 'Nicola Dinan writes like some kind of demigod' Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby 'A riveting, hilarious and totally devastating love story... will have you gripped and sets Dinan as a literary voice to watch' Elle, 'Best Books of 2025' 'Pacy, perfectly pitched and emotionally honest- I loved every page' Stylist, 'Best Books of 2025' 'Sharply insightful, warm and heartbreaking' Cosmopolitan, 'Best Books of 2025' 'Nicola Dinan will be studied in years to come as one of the modern greats. . . The kind of writing you'll be talking about for weeks after you've finished reading.' nb Magazine
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Imprint:   Doubleday
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   351g
ISBN:   9781529930634
ISBN 10:   1529930634
Pages:   288
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

NICOLA DINAN grew up in Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur and now lives in London. Bellies, her debut, won the Polari First Book Prize, was shortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards and Mo Siewcharran Prize, was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award, and was longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize.

Reviews for Disappoint Me

Nicola Dinan’s second book confirms to me that she is one of our most exciting writers. Delving into how we fall in and out of love, Dinan knows how to write directly to the flaws we show when in love, with biting wit and laugh out loud humour. Yet the characters linger with you after you have finished. Disappoint Me is an addictive read, that I really did not want to end. * Travis Alabanza, author of None of the Above * Dinan’s gift as a writer is her ability to make us feel – when her characters cry, we cry; when they laugh, we laugh * Irish Times * Bellies announces Nicola Dinan as a genuine literary talent, a gimlet-eyed cartographer of the human heart. I'm a huge fan and I'll read anything she writes * Sharlene Teo, author of Ponti * I can't wait to see what Nicola Dinan does next * Ceclie Pin, author of Wandering Souls * Dinan is a huge talent and I'll read everything she writes * Annie Lord, author of Notes on Heartbreak *


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