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THE RACHEL INCIDENT – Caroline O’Donoghue’s bestselling new novel* – is out now
Charlie’s life isn’t going forward – so she’s decided to go back
After a tough few years floundering around the British film industry and experimenting with amateur pornography, Charlie and her best friend Laura take a trip to her familial home on an island off the west coast of Ireland. Her father’s health is rapidly declining and this could be the last chance to connect with her roots. But events on the island cause Charlie to doubt her father’s childhood stories – and then there’s her complicated relationship with Laura. Pursuing the truth will shatter everything she thought knew – but is that what it takes to grow up?

‘A gorgeous exploration of the messy and fragile nature of friendship and all the many forms of love’ IRISH TIMES

‘A darkly humorous, keenly observed blend of millennial drift and murder mystery from a razor-sharp writer’ RED

‘Witty, tender and insightful’ GUARDIAN

‘A perfect page-turner. I loved it’ DOLLY ALDERTON

‘Wonderful. Had me gripped’ MARIAN KEYES

*The Rachel Incident was a #2 bestseller in Ireland in June 2023

Publisher Review

Scenes of a Graphic Nature has all the components of a perfect page-turner: beautiful prose, truthful characters, hilarious dialogue and an addictive plot. I loved it * Dolly Alderton * So dark and funny, bleak yet full of heart, touching on friendship and love and belonging ... you're in for a treat * Ayisha Malik * In the inventive O'Donoghue's follow-up to Promising Young Women, she turns her tart tongue on friendship, exile and what it feels like to return to a place that no longer feels like home * The i * Scenes Of A Graphic Nature is a truly extraordinary novel - I inhaled it. It's thrillingly dark, but so moving and human - it's one of the most intelligent, well observed depictions of lust, loss, envy, betrayal, friendship and love that I've ever read. Charlie is so real, courageous, vulnerable, infuriating and adorable. The book itself mirrors Charlie's experience of Ireland - sometimes it's warm and joyous, sometimes it's hostile and terrifying, but even when you know you're in danger, you want to stay for longer and fall even deeper into the pages. * Daisy Buchanan * I was so hooked on this beautiful, funny story of homecoming and self-discovery I didn't want to put it down. The characters are wonderfully drawn and the sense of place is so compelling - it is a mystery, a fireside yarn. There is a little Maeve Binchy in there, a little Keyes, but Caroline has her own voice, and the edge to Charlie and Laura - their difficult, funny and recognisable relationship - is all her own. * Keith Stuart, author of The Boy Made of Blocks * With Scenes Of A Graphic Nature, Caroline O'Donoghue establishes herself as one of the most exciting young Irish writers on the literary scene. Her acerbic wit is matched by her sharp-eyed observations, resulting in a piece of fiction that is dark, gripping, and beautifully written * Louise O'Neill *