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  • Published: 27 March 2008
  • ISBN: 9780141808512
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $19.99

This Charming Man

British Book Awards Author of the Year 2022




'Gripping. The master at her best' Daily Telegraph
The No 1 bestseller

Four women. One man. And a secret that binds them all: This Charming Man is the number 1 hit novel by Marian Keyes. This abridged, downloadable audio edition is read by Niamh Daly.

Lola Daly has just found out that her boyfriend - gorgeous, charming and powerful politician Paddy de Courcy - is getting married. To someone else. Heartbroken, Lola flees Dublin to a cottage in the countryside. Can a new set of friends help her to get over him?

Journalist Grace Gildee wants the inside story on Paddy de Courcy's engagement. Lola refuses to talk the press but Grace won't give up. She knew Paddy a long time ago and hasn't forgotten him . . .

Marnie Hunter is Grace's twin sister. With a loving husband and two gorgeous daughters, Marnie seems to have it all. But she's haunted by memories. Memories that began with her first love - Paddy de Courcy. Can Marnie leave the past behind once and for all and move on with her life?

Alicia Thornton is Paddy's wife-to-be. Determined to be the perfect wife, Alicia would do anything for her fiancé. But does she know the real Paddy?

  • Published: 27 March 2008
  • ISBN: 9780141808512
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes was born in Limerick in 1963, and brought up in Cavan, Cork, Galway and Dublin. She studied law and accountancy before turning to writing. Her first novel Watermelon was published in Ireland in 1995, where it was an immediate, runaway success. Marian Keyes is now one of the most successful Irish novelists of all time and is published in thirty nine different languages. She lives in Dún Laoghaire with her husband Tony.

Marian Keyes is the international bestselling author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story and Anybody Out There. Her two collections of journalism, Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet, are also available in Penguin. Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.

http://www.mariankeyes.com

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Praise for This Charming Man

The laughs come fast and furious . . . a gripping, compelling tale

Sunday Independent

The queen of page-turners . . . brimming with her trademark down-to-earth wit

Cosmopolitan

Gripping from the start . . . the master at her best

Daily Telegraph

This is an emotional tour de force, with a plot that packs great power but is lifted, as always, by genuine human warmth

Independent