First Time for Everything
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
'Funny, touching and fabulous... a little slice of queer joy' Julie Cohen, author of Together
'Hilarious, tender, raw, and heart-stoppingly moving' Amanda Eyre Ward, author of The Jetsetters
*Don't miss the unflinchingly honest, wickedly funny debut from Henry Fry - coming soon!*
Danny Scudd is absolutely fine.
At twenty-seven his life isn't exactly awful - he's escaped his parents' tiny fish and chip shop for a 'proper' writing job in London, his beloved collection of house plants are thriving and he's just celebrated his first anniversary with his boyfriend Tobbs.
But Danny's life is thrown into chaos when he discovers at an STI clinic that Tobbs might be cheating on him. And then he - and his plants - are unceremoniously evicted from his London flat. So, he's forced to move in with his best friend Jacob, a flamboyant non-binary artiste who Danny's known since childhood, and their eccentric group of friends in East London.
For the first time, and with the help of his inscrutable therapist and colourful new housemates, Danny realises how little he knows about himself - and slowly starts to question whether he is fine after all...
An honest, hilarious and wickedly smart drama comedy about a young, shy, gay man who's made it through life by not really interacting with his sexuality. Perfect for fans of Ghosts by Dolly Alderton, Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan and How Do You Like Me Now? by Holly Bourne.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fry debuts with a tender and funny story of a white gay man shedding his repression. Twenty-seven-year-old Londoner Danny Scudd's life has fallen apart. His first boyfriend dumps him following an STI scare, an episode that reveals Danny was wrong to believe their relationship was monogamous; his roommates kick him out; and his job with a clickbait app crushes his aspirations to be a "serious journalist." He moves in with his childhood best friend, Jacob, a Black nonbinary performance artist, and his foray into therapy uncorks big feelings, leading to a series of questionable hookups. He's photographed while at a die-in for gay rights in Chechnya, an episode which results in him becoming a meme. Back home, he reports his boss, Stan, for having sex with a coworker at the office, getting Stan fired and himself promoted. He then tries to leverage his moment of internet fame for his company's success, alienating Jacob in the process. As Danny weathers one wild episode after another, Fry leavens moments of despair with acid humor ("Afterward, people will say I died as I lived: slow as fuck and constantly breaking down," Danny reflects as he stares ominously at train tracks). Throughout, this effervescent chronicle rings true.
