Intermezzo, Sally Rooney’s fourth novel, is about about two Irish brothers, 32-year-old Peter Koubek, a Dublin lawyer, and 22-year-old Ivan, a chess prodigy, and their troubled relationships with each other and the women in their lives.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Beautiful World, Where Are You
Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney is a novel about two best friends in their early 30s who are struggling to find meaning in a troubled world. The book explores themes of class, mental health, and human relationships.
Mr Salary
In Mr Salary, Sally Rooney succinctly packs multiple years of history between Sukie and Nathan into a singular day, with their non-relationship finally coming to a head when she returns to Dublin to see her dad who is dying of leukemia.
Normal People
Normal People by Sally Rooney is a coming-of-age story about the complex relationship between two teenagers from different social classes, Connell and Marianne, and their time in secondary school and college in Ireland.