Lola has just found out that her boyfriend - charismatic politician Paddy de Courcy - is getting married. To someone else. Heartbroken, Lola flees the city for a cottage by the sea. But will Lola's retreat prove as idyllic as she hopes?

Journalist Grace wants the inside story on Paddy de Courcy's engagement and thinks Lola holds the key to it. Grace knew Paddy a long time ago. But why can't she forget him?

Grace's sister, Marnie, might have the answer but she also has issues with the past. Her loving loving husband and beautiful daughters are wonderful, but they can't take away memories of her first love: a certain Paddy de Courcy. What will it take for Marnie to be able to move on?

Alicia Thornton is Paddy's wife-to-be. Determined to be the perfect wife, Alicia would do anything for her fiance. But does she know the real Paddy?

Four very different women. One awfully charming man. And the dark secret that binds them all...

About the Author

Marian Keyes is the international bestselling author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story, Anybody Out There, This Charming Man, The Brightest Star in the Sky, The Mystery of Mercy Close and The Woman Who Stole My Life. Her journalism, collected under two titles, Making It Up As I Go Along and Under the Duvet: Deluxe Edition, containing the original publications Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet, are also available from Penguin.
Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.

Reviews

Four very different women, one awfully charming man and a dark secret that binds them all . . .

Marian Keyes' This Charming Man follows women who have been caught in a web of modern love.

'Everybody remembers where they were the day they heard that Paddy de Courcy was getting married'

* from the publishers' description *
The laughs come fast and furious . . . a gripping, compelling tale * Sunday Independent *
The queen of page-turners . . . brimming with her trademark down-to-earth wit * Cosmopolitan *
Gripping from the start . . . the master at her best * Daily Telegraph *


Awards
Winner of Eason Irish Popular Fiction Book of the Year 2009. Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award 2009.



Book Information
ISBN 9780141026756
Author Marian Keyes
Format Paperback
Page Count 912
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Weight(grams) 619g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 38mm