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Stay Up With Hugo Best
- Author
- Erin Somers
- Narrator
- Sarah Steele
- Publisher
- Headline
- Publish Date
- 15 May 2019
- Run Time
- 7 hours 15 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Hugo Best is a beloved late-night chat show host - and notorious womaniser - who invites her to his mansion for Memorial Day Weekend.
This is the story of their four days together, a 'zippy... magnificent... devilishly fun ride' Vogue
Charting the four days June and TV icon Hugo Best spend together, Stay Up with Hugo Best is both a smart and timely exploration of sexual politics in the #MeToo age, and the hilarious and poignant story of one young woman's stumble into adulthood.
Critics Review
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Magnificent...a devilishly fun ride
Vogue
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A timely and engaging read
Woman & Home
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A must read for the #MeToo age
Daily Express
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I was honestly surprised to find so many funny one-liners... Erin Somers is a clear-eyed and clever young talent who has mastered the special art of dissection with affection
Carl Hiaasen
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Taut and incisive
New York Times
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Stay Up With Hugo Best is the best kind of novel: funny, easy to read, and deceptively weighty
Culturefly
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Our whole culture desperately needs Stay Up with Hugo Best. A book so relevant, and yet so incredibly funny
Gary Shteyngart
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On the surface, Somers' debut is light and breezy, but the narrative is deft, controlled, and deadly smart... An outstanding comedic debut
Kirkus Reviews
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Incisive, funny, and tinged with melancholy, the timely novel follows two lost but clever souls desperate for connection
Entertainment Weekly
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This is a winning debut
Publishers Weekly
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Hilarious and poignant, this is a timely exploration of sexual politics
Sheer Luxe
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It's cruel, sharp and totally irresistible
Strong Words
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Details
- Author
- Erin Somers
- Narrator
- Sarah Steele
- Duration
- 7 hours 15 minutes
- Release Date
- 15 May 2019
- ISBN
- 9781472268297
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Headline
- Genre
- Fiction: literary and general non-genre, Humour
Synopsis
June Bloom is twenty-nine, broke, and an aspiring comedy writer.Hugo Best is a beloved late-night chat show host - and notorious womaniser - who invites her to his mansion for Memorial Day Weekend.This is the story of their four days together, a 'zippy... magnificent... devilishly fun ride' Vogue Charting the four days June and TV icon Hugo Best spend together, Stay Up with Hugo Best is both a smart and timely exploration of sexual politics in the #MeToo age, and the hilarious and poignant story of one young woman's stumble into adulthood.
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