
Synopsis
The International Bestseller
'Hilarious and gut-wrenching' – Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller
'Think Dolly Alderton, but with the sharp edges of Eliza Clark' – Independent
Belfast: three girls are living for the weekend, their friendship the only thing that matters.
Harley: hurtling from club to club in a wild and blurry quest for meaning.
Maggie: navigating a situationship with an unavailable woman, and, of course, therapy.
Róise: only bothering to turn up to her boring office job due to an ill-advised crush on her boss.
But the three of them used to be four. And now, one year on from a tragic accident that almost ripped the group apart, Harley, Maggie and Róise still can't face up to any of it: to adulthood, the future, or to one another.
'Compulsively readable and brilliant on friendship and grief. I raced through it' – Daily Mail
'So funny, taut and complex' – Wendy Erskine, author of The Benefactors
'Like the literary love child of Miranda July and Carrie Fisher, transposed in Belfast – hilarious, smart and chaotic in the best way' – Louise Nealon, author of Snowflake
Shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the An Post Irish Book Awards
A Most-Anticipated Novel of Year – DAZED, Irish Times, RTÉ
Readers are raving about Thirst Trap:
'Made me laugh and cry in equal measure'
'Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply moving . . . I loved every page of it’
'Sharp, funny, and deeply relatable'
'This book is the moment'
'I mourned this being over. It’s sad and beautiful and real and messy. It’s perfect'
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Reviews
Hilarious and gut-wrenching
A triumph. Gráinne O’Hare is like the literary love child of Miranda July and Carrie Fisher, transposed in Belfast - hilarious, smart and chaotic in the best way
Raucous, sexy and f*cking hilarious. A heady mix of Michael Magee's Close to Home and Lena Dunham's Girls. Everybody should read this book.
It’s one of those novels that you can’t believe is a debut. O’Hare is a writer to watch out for in 2025 and beyond
