Jonathan Cape wins Nicole Flattery’s ‘wickedly funny’ new novel in six-way auction
Jonathan Cape has acquired Everything Is Nice, Everything Is Lovely, the new novel from Nicole Flattery, in a six-way auction.
Publishing director Hannah Westland acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, including exclusive Europe, in a two-book deal from Tracy Bohan at The Wylie Agency. North American rights have been sold to Rebecca Saletan at Riverhead.
Everything Is Nice, Everything Is Lovely – scheduled for publication in summer 2027 – is described as “an unnerving, deliciously precise portrait of a newly engaged couple, Brid and Mark, and their weekend at a spa hotel”. The publisher continues: “Wickedly funny and brilliantly observed, as the weekend wears on we realise that we are witnessing a perfectly curated golden couple walking hand-in-hand into the abyss, as the story of what brought them to the edge is gradually revealed. Everything is Nice, Everything is Lovely is a devastatingly brilliant novel for our times.”
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Dublin-based Flattery’s previous books include the short story collection Show Them a Good Time and the novel Nothing Special (Bloomsbury).
Westland said: “I have long admired Nicole Flattery’s writing and was completely bowled over by this new novel. She has a natural instinct both for sharp humour and deep tenderness, for showing us the wounds and weaknesses and surprising truths in her characters that they cannot see for themselves. She’s also very funny. This is a rare novel that is as propulsive as it is moving and I know that she has many more such outstanding works of fiction ahead of her. I am over the moon that we will be publishing her at Jonathan Cape.”
Flattery commented: “I’m so delighted to be joining Jonathan Cape’s prestigious list. I loved writing Everything Is Nice, Everything Is Lovely and I’m thrilled that it’s found such a good home and editor in Hannah Westland.”
