Normal People : The multimillion copy bestseller

** Sally Rooney's new novel Intermezzo is available in paperback now **AN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY'The literary phenomenon of the decade.' Guardian'The book that defined a generation.' Stylist'A Tube stop-missing, escalator-reading tale.' Evening StandardConnell and Marianne grow up in the same 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 strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins.