Rachel Connolly in conversation with Mark O’Connell
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We are delighted to present Rachel Connolly in conversation with Mark O’Connell celebrating the new paperback edition of Lazy City, Connolly’s electrifying debut exploring dysfunctional relationships, love and heartbreak – all through the lens of a young woman wrestling with the death of her closest friend. Admission to this event is free but booking is essential.
PRAISE FOR LAZY CITY:
‘Here is a debut to savour, a brilliant and vivid new voice to guide us through the calamities of the contemporary’ – KEVIN BARRY
‘Somehow both tightly controlled and highly spontaneous, Rachel Connolly’s Lazy City is refreshingly open to the world. Frank, attentive, free of artifice or emotional contrivances, Connolly brings something new to any subject she shines her singular intelligence on’ – NICOLE FLATTERY
‘Absolutely LOVED IT. A coming of age novel set in Belfast and delivered in the most beautifully clear and engaging prose’ – FRANKIE BOYLE
‘In the wry and compassionate Lazy City, Rachel Connolly deftly captures both the intoxicating chaos and listlessness of young adulthood, when life seems both full of possibility and impossibly elusive’ – COLIN BARRETT
ABOUT RACHEL CONNOLLY:
Rachel Connolly was born in 1993 in Belfast and now lives in London. She has written for the New York Times, New York Magazine, the Guardian and many other publications. She has also featured as a guest to discuss her work on This American Life and several BBC radio programs.
ABOUT MARK O’CONNELL:
Mark O’Connell is an award-winning Irish writer. His first book, To Be a Machine, won the 2018 Wellcome Book Prize and was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. In 2019, he became the first ever non-fiction writer to win the prestigious Rooney Prize for Irish Literature. His second book, Notes From an Apocalypse was longlisted for the Wainwright Prize. He is a contributor to the New York Review of Books, and his work has appeared in the New Yorker.
