The hunt for the next Normal People is already on. Black Bear Pictures, the production company behind The Imitation Game, Mudbound and Suburbicon, has optioned the rights to Naoise Dolan's debut novel,Exciting Times, ahead of its U.S.
launch on June 2 by Ecco (HarperCollins). Already a critical hit after launching earlier this year in the U.K., the book — exploring the complex relationships of a newly arrived Irish expat in Hong Kong — has seen Dolan likened to Normal People author Sally Rooney (aside from their writing, they both studied English at Trinity College Dublin, while an excerpt of Dolan's debut novel was first published in an Irish literary magazine when Rooney served as editor).
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