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This Charming Man
- Author
- Marian Keyes
- Narrator
- Caroline Lennon
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Publish Date
- 1 September 2008
- Run Time
- 26 hours 45 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Slick, handsome politician Paddy de Courcy is on the up. His party is set to do well in the elections and he's just announced his engagement to the beautiful Alicia. Which is news to his girlfriend, Lola, who, within hours, finds herself dumped and warned not to talk to the press. Yet journalist Grace is on the prowl. She has been after Paddy ever since he ruined her sister Marnie's life way back in college. Grace is looking for the inside story and thinks Lola holds the key . . .But do any of them know the real Paddy?
'So funny, so perceptive, so real . . . I changed my life for this book' Mail On Sunday
'The laughs come fast and furious . . . a gripping, compelling tale' Sunday Independent
'Brimming with her trademark down-to-earth wit' Cosmopolitan
'Gripping from the start . . . the master at her best' Daily Telegraph.
User Reviews
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Oh loved it! It was much better than I thought it would be! 👍
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Details
- Author
- Marian Keyes
- Narrator
- Caroline Lennon
- Duration
- 26 hours 45 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 September 2008
- ISBN
- 9781407430829
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- W. F. Howes Ltd
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
'Everybody remembers where they were the day they heard that Paddy de Courcy was getting married.'Slick, handsome politician Paddy de Courcy is on the up. His party is set to do well in the elections and he's just announced his engagement to the beautiful Alicia. Which is news to his girlfriend, Lola, who, within hours, finds herself dumped and warned not to talk to the press. Yet journalist Grace is on the prowl. She has been after Paddy ever since he ruined her sister Marnie's life way back in college. Grace is looking for the inside story and thinks Lola holds the key . . .But do any of them know the real Paddy?'So funny, so perceptive, so real . . . I changed my life for this book' Mail On Sunday'The laughs come fast and furious . . . a gripping, compelling tale' Sunday Independent'Brimming with her trademark down-to-earth wit' Cosmopolitan'Gripping from the start . . . the master at her best' Daily Telegraph.
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