Conversations with Friends: The Scripts

The Scripts of the acclaimed television drama Conversations with Friends are included in this collection, based on Sally Rooney's bestselling debut novel. The show is praised for its absorbing exploration of commitment, friendship, and romantic love, and is considered one of the best new shows of the year.

Format: Hardback
Length: 400 pages
Publication date: 27 October 2022
Publisher: Faber & Faber

Frances, a university student in Dublin, is a cool-headed and observant individual who spends most of her time with her best friend, Bobbi, and her ex-girlfriend. However, their lives take an unexpected turn when they meet Melissa, a well-known writer, and her actor husband, Nick, at a sophisticated party. They are soon invited into their glamorous world of parties and holidays abroad.

As Frances and Nick grow closer, Frances is forced to confront the reality that her actions have always had consequences. The screenplay, introduced by director Lenny Abrahamson and featuring iconic images from the show, contains the complete screenplays of the acclaimed television drama based on Sally Rooney's bestselling debut novel.

"Conversations with Friends" is an utter joy to watch, as well as an audacious conversation-starter. The Telegraph praises it as a love story that will leave you warm and fuzzy, as well as broken-hearted all at once. Metro calls it one of the best new shows of the year, while Time describes it as an absorbing exploration of commitment, friendship, and romantic love. Vulture praises it as brilliant, funny, and startling, while the Guardian calls it witty, subversive, and wise. The Sunday Times praises it as a sharp, darkly funny comment on modern relationships, while the Sunday Telegraph describes it as so good that it felt akin to grief the moment it was finished.

The Daily Mail praises it as a witty, nuanced, and perfectly observed novel of modern love and friendship, while the Observer, Books of the Year, calls it an addictive, funny, and truthful novel about love and literature. Metro describes it as an addictive, funny, and truthful novel about love and literature.

Weight: 618g
Dimension: 164 x 244 x 44 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780571380930
Edition number: Main