Alice, a novelist, meets Felix, who works in a warehouse, and asks him if he'd like to travel to Rome with her. In Dublin, her best friend Eileen is getting over a break-up and slips back into flirting with Simon, a man she has known since childhood.Alice, Felix, Eileen and Simon are still young - but life is catching up with them. They desire each other, they delude each other, they worry about sex and friendship and the times they live in. Will they find a way to believe in a beautiful world?------------------------'Beautiful World, Where Are You is Rooney's best novel.' - THE TIMES'A tour de force.' - Anne Enright, Guardian'Rooney's best novel yet.' - Brandon Taylor, New York Times'Get ready to have your heart broken all over again.' - Red
