ELLE’S LITERARY EDITOR SHARMAINE LOVEGROVE ON THE DEBUT NOVELIST TO WATCH.

Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary When two worlds collide in rainsoaked Eighties Dublin, the question of forbidden love arises in this taut and moving debut novel. We follow 16-yearold Sonny, who is lonely and desperate for attention from his large family. A chance meeting with Vera, an older, affluent women, changes Sonny’s direction and they fall in love. Vera is not only his lover, but the mother figure he craves, and through art and literature, she opens his eyes to the wide world he would never have otherwise known. Reflective, poignant and intriguing, Montpelier Parade is a bittersweet love story that will stay with you for a long time.