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Tender

Belinda McKeon
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1990s Ireland
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character-driven
coming of age
contemporary fiction
Dublin
emotional
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friendship
literary
literary fiction
modern Irish novel
relationships
self-discovery
sexuality

Product details

  • ISBN 9781035086696
  • Weight: 318g
  • Dimensions: 133 x 199mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Nov 2025
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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‘Gripping, completely compelling . . . A sublime talent’ – Donal Ryan, author of The Spinning Heart

‘Captures what it is like to be young in Dublin with grace, subtlety and sympathy’ – Colm Tóibín, author of Long Island

Catherine and James are as close as two friends could ever be. Witty, talented and charming, James is unlike anyone Catherine has encountered before, and she finds herself hungry to explore with him all that Dublin in the ‘90s has to offer – even as James struggles to find his place in it.

But as their connection intensifies, Catherine discovers that there’s a fine line between longing and love, friendship and obsession . . .

From the author of the multi-award-winning debut Solace, Tender by Belinda McKeon is a dazzling exploration of the complexities of sexuality and human relationships, a novel about friendship and youth, about selfhood, about the lies we tell ourselves and the lies we are taught to tell.

‘A superb and sophisticated writer’ – The Times

‘Richly nuanced and utterly absorbing’ – The Guardian

Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
About Belinda McKeon
Belinda McKeon’s first novel, Solace, won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, the Sunday Independent Best Newcomer Award and was named Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book of the Year in 2011, as well as being shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Her essays and journalism have appeared in The New York Times, The Paris Review, The Guardian and elsewhere. She grew up in rural Ireland and now lives in New York, where she teaches at Rutgers University. Tender is her second novel.

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