***PRE-ORDER BEAUTIFUL WORLD, WHERE ARE YOU NOW*** 'The best young novelist - in deed one of the best novelists - I've read in years.' Olivia Laing 'Superb . . . a tremendous read, full of insight and sweetness.' Anne Enright 'One the best n ovels I have read in years.' Sheila Heti Connell and Marianne grow up in the sam e small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two s trike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing beg ins. Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It tak es us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two pe ople who try to stay apart but find they can't. READ THE BOOK OF THE HIT TV SERI ES: THE BBC ADAPTATION OF NORMAL PEOPLE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON BBC IPLAYER AND BBC 1