{"product_id":"9780008517373","title":"Fun and Games","description":"Author(s): McHugh, John Patrick, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/05\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 400 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Fourth Estate Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: HarperCollins Publishers,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945),\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 29\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\/EAN\/SKU: 9780008517373\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eINSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  SHORTLISTED FOR IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A triumph … the funniest novel I've read in years’ SALLY ROONEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A brilliant and bittersweet ode to young love’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e IRISH TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'One of my favourite books of the year’ JULIA ARMFIELD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A funny and frank coming-of age-drama'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  John Masterson has no idea what he wants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  It’s his last summer on the small island where he has grown up. He should be enjoying the weeks until his exam results come through, but instead he's desperately trying to keep his head down after his mother’s nude sext to another man was leaked to the whole island. He's doing his best to distract himself with his Gaelic football ambitions, going out with his mates and a blossoming, sort-of, romance with his slightly older co-worker Amber.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But soon John must face up to the choices before him: to stand out or fit in and whether to love and let himself be loved, despite, or perhaps because of, the flaws that make us all human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A book of the year in Observer, Irish Times, iPaper, Vogue, Esquire and more\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Welcome to the psyche of a teenage boy in all its humorous and hormonal glory’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  As evocative as it is funny. Think: the male version of Sally Rooney’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Gorgeous … a writer of immense talent’ MICHAEL MAGEE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘I’m not sure I’ve read a funnier book, or one I’ve enjoyed more’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e DAILY MAIL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Bighearted and boisterous, bursting with life’ COLIN WALSH, author of Kala\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Funny and heartbreaking’ FERDIA LENNON, author of Glorious Exploits\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘A gifted writer’ ANNE GRIFFIN, author of The Island of Longing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e John Patrick McHugh's 'Fun and Games' was an Irish top ten bestseller w\/c 2025-04-28.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McHugh, John Patrick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56631592190338,"sku":"9780008517373","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9780008517373.jpg?v=1778259251","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.com\/products\/9780008517373","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}