Winner of a Somerset Maugham Award 2015.
A Maxim Jakubowski selected title.
Serendipitously a British counterpart to TAMPA, in which a young male teenager embarks on a tragicomic affair with a much older woman, which they initiate on the Internet. Witty, moving and at times properly hilarious, another wonderful example of how one can tackle delicate subjects and avoid vulgarity, or being judgemental. A warning tale for our times which catches the zeitgeist with unerring precision and also the most laughs I've had reading a book in ages.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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She's online.'I booked a hotel,' I say. 'Near Marble Arch. That sounds great, hon. I can't wait to see you. Yeah. Me too. I'm vaguely nervous. Don't be. 'Do be. I'm a child. Lolito is a love story about a fifteen year-old boy who meets a middle-aged woman on the internet. When his long-term girlfriend and first love Alice, betrays him at a house party, Etgar goes looking for cyber solace in the arms of Macy, a stunning but bored housewife he meets online. What could possibly go wrong...? Hilarious, fearless and utterly outrageous, Lolito is a truly twenty-first century love story.
Lolito features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Lolito is available in Paperback, Ebook
Lolito was written by Ben Brooks and published by Canongate Books Ltd
Lolito has 288 pages
£9.89
