Reviews
Big, absorbing, smart, fantastically readable . . . brilliant on the details of the last couple of decades of British cultural and political life . . . the perfect beach read for people who are normally repelled by the very idea of beach reads. -Nick Hornby, from his blog A wonderful, wonderful book: wise, funny, perceptive, compassionate and often unbearably sad . . . the best British social novel since Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up!. . . . Nicholls's witty prose has a transparency that brings Nick Hornby to mind: it melts as you read it so that you don't notice all the hard work that it's doing.-The Times(London) Just as Nicholls has made full use of his central concept, so he has drawn on all his comic and literary gifts to produce a novel that is not only roaringly funny but also memorable, moving and, in its own unassuming, unpretentious way, rather profound. -TheGuardian(London) [Nicholls] has both a very deft prose style and a great understanding of human emotion. His characterisation is utterly convincing . . .One Dayis destined to be a modern classic. -Daily Mirror With a nod to When Harry Met Sally, this funny, emotionally engaging third novel from David Nicholls traces the unlikely relationship between Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew. . . . Told with toe-curlingly accurate insight and touching observation . . . If you left college sometime in the eighties with no clear idea of what was going to happen next, or who your lifelong friends might turn out to be, this one's a definite for your holiday suitcase. If you didn't, it still is . . . The feel good film must surely be just around the corner. I can't wait.-Daily Mail A totally brilliant book about the heartbreaking gap between the way we were and the way we are . . . the best weird love story sinceThe Time Traveler's Wife. Every reader will fall in love with it. And every writer will wish they had written it. -Tony Parsons The funniest, loveliest book I've read in ages. Most of all it is horribly, cringingly, absolutely 100% honest and true to life: I lived every page. -Jenny Colgan l The ultimate zeitgeist love story for anyone who ever wanted someone they couldn't have -Adele Parks l I really loved it . . . it's absolutely wonderful . . . just so moving and engaging. -Kate Mosse You'd be hard pressed to find a sharper, sweeter romantic comedy this year than the story of Dex and Em. -TheIndependent(London) We may have found the novel of the year-a brilliantly funny and moving will-they, won't-they romance tracing a relationship on the same day each day for two decades. -Heat A moving and feel-good read. Nicholls is an expert at capturing that essence of young adulthood, first love, heartbreak, and the tangled, complicated course of romance . . . . Deserves to be the must-read hit of the summer. -News of the World I couldn't think of anyone who wouldn't love this book. -BBC Radio Five Live Nicholls captures superbly the ennui of post graduation . . . . The writing is almost faultless, there's a great feeling for the period and it's eminently readable.-Herald(London) As a study of what we once were and what we can become, it's masterfully realised. -Esquire Perfect for the beach or summer in the city. -In Style l A delicious love story., lBig, absorbing, smart, fantastically readable . . . brilliant on the details of the last couple of decades of British cultural and political life . . . the perfect beach read for people who are normally repelled by the very idea of beach reads. -Nick Hornby A wonderful, wonderful book: wise, funny, perceptive, compassionate and often unbearably sad . . . the best British social novel since Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up!. . . . Nicholls's witty prose has a transparency that brings Nick Hornby to mind: it melts as you read it so that you don't notice all the hard work that itr's doing.-The Times(London) Just as Nicholls has made full use of his central concept, so he has drawn on all his comic and literary gifts to produce a novel that is not only roaringly funny but also memorable, moving and, in its own unassuming, unpretentious way, rather profound. -TheGuardian(London) [Nicholls] has both a very deft prose style and a great understanding of human emotion. His characterisation is utterly convincing . . .One Day is destined to be a modern classic.-Daily Mirror With a nod to When Harry Met Sally, this funny, emotionally engaging third novel from David Nicholls traces the unlikely relationship between Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew. . . . Told with toe-curlingly accurate insight and touching observation . . . If you left college sometime in the eighties with no clear idea of what was going to happen next, or who your lifelong friends might turn out to be, this one's a definite for your holiday suitcase. If you didn't, it still is . . . The feel good film must surely be just around the corner. I can't wait. -Daily Mail A totally brilliant book about the heartbreaking gap between the way we were and the way we are . . . the best weird love story sinceThe Time Traveler's Wife. Every reader will fall in love with it. And every writer will wish they had written it.-Tony Parsons The funniest, loveliest book I've read in ages. Most of all it is horribly, cringingly, absolutely 100% honest and true to life: I lived every page. -Jenny Colgan The ultimate zeitgeist love story for anyone who ever wanted someone they couldn't have -Adele Parks I really loved it . . . it's absolutely wonderful . . . just so moving and engaging. -Kate Mosse You'd be hard pressed to find a sharper, sweeter romantic comedy this year than the story of Dex and Em. -TheIndependent(London) l We may have found the novel of the year-a brilliantly funny and moving will-they, won't-they romance tracing a relationship on the same day each day for two decades. -Heat A moving and feel-good read. Nicholls is an expert at capturing that essence of young adulthood, first love, heartbreak, and the tangled, complicated course of romance . . . . Deserves to be the must-read hit of the summer."-News of the World I couldn't think of anyone who wouldn't love this book. -BBC Radio Five Live Nicholls captures superbly the ennui of post graduation . . . . The writing is almost faultless, therer's a great feeling for the period and it's eminently readable. -Herald(London) As a study of what we once were and what we can become, it's masterfully realised. -Esquire Perfect for the beach or summer in the city. -In Style A delicious love story., "[An] instant classic. . . . One of the most hilarious and emotionally riveting love stories you'll ever encounter." - People "Big, absorbing, smart, fantastically readable." -Nick Hornby, from his blog "[Nicholls] has a gift for zeitgeist description and emotional empathy that's wholly his own. . . . [A] light but surprisingly deep romance so thoroughly satisfying." - Entertainment Weekly "Nicholls offers sharp dialogue and wry insight that sounds like Nick Hornby at his best." - The Daily Beast(A Best Book of the Summer) "Fluid, expertly paced, highly observed, and at times, both funny and moving." - Boston Globe "Those of us susceptible to nostalgic reveries of youthful heartache and self-invention (which is to say, all of us) longed to get our hands on Nicholls's new novel. . . . And if you do, you may want to take care where you lay this book down. You may not be the only one who wants in on the answers." - New York Times Book Review "Who doesn't relish a love story with the right amount of heart-melting romance, disappointment, regret, and huge doses of disenchantment about growing up and growing old between quarreling meant-to-be lovers?" - Elle,Top 10 Summer Books for 2010 "A great, funny, and heart-breaking read." - The Early Show[CBS] "Funny, sweet and completely engrossing . . . The friendship at the heart of this novel is best expressed within the pitch-perfect dialogue/banter between the two." - Very Short List "A wonderful, wonderful book: wise, funny, perceptive, compassionate and often unbearably sad . . . the best British social novel since Jonathan Coe's What a Carve Up!. . . . Nicholls's witty prose has a transparency that brings Nick Hornby to mind: it melts as you read it so that you don't notice all the hard work that it's doing." - The Times(London) "Just as Nicholls has made full use of his central concept, so he has drawn on all his comic and literary gifts to produce a novel that is not only roaringly funny but also memorable, moving and, in its own unassuming, unpretentious way, rather profound." - The Guardian(London) From the Trade Paperback edition.
