Good Material: A novel Audiobook, by Dolly Alderton Play Audiobook Sample

Good Material: A novel Audiobook

Good Material: A novel Audiobook, by Dolly Alderton Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Arthur Darvill, Vanessa Kirby Publisher: Random House Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.00 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: January 2024 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780593907030

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

48

Longest Chapter Length:

45:23 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

10 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

12:22 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

4

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Publisher Description

From the New York Times best-selling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a story of heartbreak and friendship and how to survive both

Andy loves Jen. Jen loved Andy. And he can't work out why she stopped.

Now he is. . .

Without a home

Waiting for his stand-up career to take off

Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking

Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of his ruined relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him. But Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story…

In this sharply funny and exquisitely relatable story of romantic disaster and friendship, Dolly Alderton offers up a love story with two endings, demonstrating once again why she is one of the most exciting writers today, and the true voice of a generation.

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[A] book to be devoured, adored, underlined, and passed on (but only to the friends you know will give it back)… Alderton explores friendships beautifully, probing the anxieties around being left behind while other friends reach milestones, and the bittersweet pain of seeing a friend’s career soar while your own is flailing… Good Material showcases Alderton’s knack for rich characterisation and zippy dialogue like never before. It is also not just a shrewd portrayal of lost love, it is genuinely funny – if only more books made you laugh as much as this.

— iNews  

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  • Have you ever wondered what a lost love was thinking? In this ingeniously constructed and endlessly amusing novel, Dolly Alderton flips the script on everything we think we know about romantic loss, to bring us an unforgettable character on a deeply relatable downward spiral. Wise and relatable and pee-your-pants funny. I cried by page 5. Dolly Alderton is, quite simply, the bard of modern-day love.

    — Lena Dunham
  • Dolly Alderton has always been a sparkling Roman candle of talent. She is funny, smart and explosively engaged in the wonders and weirdness of the world.

    — Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times best-selling author of City of Girls
  • It’s so good. I loved it.

    — Sharon Horgan
  • Wickedly funny and, at turns, both cynical and sincere, Dolly Alderton’s voice feels like your very favorite friend.

    — Taylor Jenkins Reid, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Carrie Soto is Back
  • One of the foremost ‘it’ writers of our time . . . Whatever ails you, Alderton can fix it with her intimate wisdom . . . There is no writer quite like Dolly Alderton working today and very soon the world will know it.

    —  Lisa Taddeo
  • The male perspective is rarely the focus in romantic comedy, but Dolly Alderton’s new novel corrects the imbalance… Relatable, funny and refreshing.

    — Elle (UK)
  • Like so many twentysomething women, I have turned to Dolly Alderton’s writing for solace… Written from the perspective of someone recently heartbroken, but this time it’s a man… The detail is luscious… Radical.

    — Annie Lord, The Sunday Times (UK)

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About Dolly Alderton

Dolly Alderton is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and journalist based in London. She is a columnist for the Sunday Times Style and has also written for GQ, Red, Marie Claire, and Grazia. She is the former co-host and co-creator of the podcast The High Low. Her first book, Everything I Know About Love, became a top five Sunday Times bestseller in its first week of publication, won a National Book Award (UK) for Autobiography of the Year, and was made into a BBC One TV series. Ghosts, her first novel, was published by Fig Tree in 2020. 

About Arthur Darvill

Arthur Darvill is an English actor. He is noted for his work in the plays Terre Haute and Swimming with Sharks but is probably best known for his role as the Eleventh Doctor’s companion Rory Williams in the television series Doctor Who.