Nothing Special

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Pub Date 11 Jul 2023 | Archive Date 07 Jul 2023
Bloomsbury USA | Bloomsbury Publishing

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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND TIME

From the author Sally Rooney called “bold, irreverent, and agonizingly funny,” a wildly original coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl working at Andy Warhol's Factory in 1960s New York.


New York City, 1966. Seventeen-year-old Mae lives in a rundown apartment with her alcoholic mother and her mother's sometimes-boyfriend, Mikey. She is turned off by the petty girls at her high school, and the sleazy men she typically meets. When she drops out, she is presented with a job offer that will remake her world entirely: she is hired as a typist for the artist Andy Warhol.

Warhol is composing an unconventional novel by recording the conversations and experiences of his many famous and alluring friends. Tasked with transcribing these tapes alongside several other girls, Mae quickly befriends Shelley and the two of them embark on a surreal adventure at the fringes of the countercultural movement. Going to parties together, exploring their womanhood and sexuality, this should be the most enlivening experience of Mae's life. But as she grows increasingly obsessed with the tapes and numb to her own reality, Mae must grapple with the thin line between art and voyeurism and determine how she can remain her own person as the tide of the sixties sweeps over her.

For readers of Ottessa Moshfegh and Mary Gaitskill, this blistering, mordantly funny debut novel brilliantly interrogates the nature of friendship and independence and the construction of art and identity. Nothing Special is a whip-smart coming-of-age story that brings to life the experience of young girls in this iconic and turbulent American moment.

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND TIME

From the author Sally Rooney called “bold, irreverent, and agonizingly funny,” a wildly original coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl...


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PAGES 240

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I am a Nicole Flattery stan, so seeing her first novel being published this year was a BFD for me. Following a young woman in NYC in the 'Gos who works in Andy Warhol's art warehouse. For fans of My Year of Rest & Relaxation, The Bell Jar, and Sally Rooney.

What I would drink while reading this book:
Provençal Rosé

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Bold and unpredictable, full of wit and melancholy, with vibrant characters who are impossible to pin down.

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Thank You a million times over Bloomsbury USA and NetGalley for an ARC of this. I adored the fictional behind the scenes look at the world of Andy Warhol. The characters were well developed and the chemistry between them was wonderful. Pick this one up if you like coming of age stories. Artsy stories. Mother and daughter dynamics . Friendship dynamics. This book has a little bit of a lot of fascinating things and will appeal to a large audience, I feel. I cannot wait to read more from Nicole Flattery in the future.

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