A BEST BOOK OF 2024 IN STYLIST, DAILY MAIL, THE i PAPER, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND RED
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 BRITISH BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR
'ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS YOU WILL READ ALL YEAR' ELIZABETH DAY
'BRILLIANT. WHAT A WRITER' NIGELLA LAWSON
'INCREDIBLY FUNNY' CAITLIN MORAN
'WONDERFUL' GILLIAN ANDERSON
'THIS YEAR'S SORROW AND BLISS' DAILY MAIL
Hera is in her mid-twenties, which seems young to everyone except people in their mid-twenties.
Since leaving school, she has been trying to kick and scream into existence a life she cares about, but with little success so far.
Until she meets Arthur.
He works with her, he is older than her, he is also married. But in her soulless office - the large cold room she feels destined to spend her life in - he is a source of much-needed sustenance.
And though Hera has previously dated women, she soon falls headlong into a workplace romance that will quickly consume her life.
Laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving and whip smart, Green Dot is a story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises nothing and the winding, torturous, often hilarious journey we take in deciding who we are and who we want to be.
'IF YOU LIKED FLEABAG YOU WILL LOVE GREEN DOT' PANDORA SYKES
'YOU'LL TEAR THROUGH THE PAGES' HEAT MAGAZINE
'STAGGERINGLY GOOD AND WICKEDLY FUNNY' THE SATURDAY PAPER
'THE DEBUT OF THE YEAR' i PAPER
Autorentext
Madeleine Gray is a writer and critic. She was a 2021 Finalist for the Walkley Pascall Prize for Arts Criticism, and has written for publications including the Sydney Review of Books, Australian Book Review and the Times Literary Supplement. Her first book, Green Dot, was published in 2024 and became an instant international sensation. It was shortlisted for Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards 2025 and awarded the 2025 Russell Prize for Humour Writing award. Television rights have been optioned by Drama Republic. She lives in Sydney with her wife and step-child.