Good Material

Author Dolly Alderton
Narrator Arthur Darvill, Vanessa Kirby
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Run Time 9 hours and 54 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Comedy and stand-up, Contemporary romance, Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, The Arts.

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From the bestselling author of Ghosts and Everything I Know About Love: a sharply funny, beautifully observed and exquisitely relatable 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. . .
1. Without a home
2. Waiting for his stand-up career to take off
3. Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking

Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak at a time when everything he thought he knew about women, and flat-sharing, and his friendships has transformed beyond recognition, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of their broken relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him.

Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story.

© Dolly Alderton 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

Critics Review

Leaves you heartsore but happier. Irresistible
Richard E. Grant
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
WONDERFUL … Shot through with Dolly’s characteristic emotional intelligence … Very funny … Such a pleasure to read. I devoured it … I award it 13/10 on my QWJ scale (stands for Queasy With Jealousy that I didn’t write it)
Marian Keyes
This is the greatest. You’ll cry and laugh. I read it through the night. And I never, ever avoid sleep
Claudia Winkleman
It’s so good. I loved it
Sharon Horgan
I adored it! I … Dolly is THE comic writer of our generation. This feels like her most ambitious book yet, and it delivers on every single page. She uses humour so brilliantly to underpin the quiet roar of romantic despair – this book is raw, smart and human. This makes me believe Dolly knows everything there is to know about love.
Daisy Buchanan
Made me laugh while punching me in the gut. Loved this book
Aisling Bea
Dolly Alderton just gets better and better. Good Material is both heartbreaking and hilarious with an ending that has you holding your breath. With the wit of Nick Hornby and the emotional scalpel of Nora Ephron, Alderton is one of our greats and this is sure to be an absolute classic
Emma Gannon
A funny, tender novel about human relationships. By turns, laugh-out-loud, eye-roll relatable, and ‘stop you in your tracks’ heart-wrench. A thoroughly modern romantic masterpiece.
Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina
Highly relatable for millennials navigating dating in London, and hugely insightful for those generations wanting to understand them. Packed with sharp observations and wisdom. A triumph
Sathnam Sanghera
The bestselling author brings her warmth, emotional intelligence and wry observation to bear on her second novel … Refreshing
The Bookseller, Editor's Choice
Relatable, funny and refreshing
Elle
Dolly Alderton is the Adele of writing
Esther Coren, The Spike
A relatable, laugh-out-loud story of a thirtysomething failed comedian struggling with a break-up
Sunday Times Style
[A] book to be devoured, adored, underlined, and passed on (but only to the friends you know will give it back) … [Alderton] proves herself once again as having both a deep understanding of the intricacies of relationships and the ability to articulate it better than the majority of us ever could …Good Material showcases Alderton’s knack for rich characterisation and zippy dialogue like never before … Genuinely funny – if only more books made you laugh as much as this
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