Fun and Games
THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025
AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2025
âA triumph ⊠the funniest novel I've read in yearsâ SALLY ROONEY
âOne of my favourite books of the yearâ JULIA ARMFIELD
âA funny and frank coming-of age-dramaâ OBSERVER
âGorgeous ⊠a writer of immense talentâ MICHAEL MAGEE
John Masterson has no idea what he wants.
Itâs his last summer on the small island where he has grown up. He should be enjoying the weeks until his exam results come through, but instead he's desperately trying to keep his head down after his motherâs nude sext to another man was leaked to the whole island. He's doing his best to distract himself with his Gaelic football ambitions, going out with his mates and a blossoming, sort-of, romance with his slightly older co-worker Amber.
But soon John must face up to the choices before him: to stand out or fit in and whether to love and let himself be loved, despite, or perhaps because of, the flaws that make us all human.
âWelcome to the psyche of a teenage boy in all its humorous and hormonal gloryâ TELEGRAPH
âBrilliantly written; as evocative as it is funny. Think: the male version of Sally Rooneyâ VOGUE
âIn 20 years of reviewing, Iâm not sure Iâve read a funnier book, or one Iâve enjoyed moreâ DAILY MAIL
âA brilliant and bittersweet ode to young love, friendship and GAAâ IRISH TIMES
âOne of the funniest novels I've read in years ⊠an utter joy to readâ COLIN BARRETT, author of Wild Houses
âOne of my favourite books of the yearâ JULIA ARMFIELD, author of Private Rites
âBighearted and boisterous, bursting with lifeâ COLIN WALSH, author of Kala
John Patrick McHugh's 'Fun and Games' was a Irish top ten bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.
Fun and Games
THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025
AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2025
âA triumph ⊠the funniest novel I've read in yearsâ SALLY ROONEY
âOne of my favourite books of the yearâ JULIA ARMFIELD
âA funny and frank coming-of age-dramaâ OBSERVER
âGorgeous ⊠a writer of immense talentâ MICHAEL MAGEE
John Masterson has no idea what he wants.
Itâs his last summer on the small island where he has grown up. He should be enjoying the weeks until his exam results come through, but instead he's desperately trying to keep his head down after his motherâs nude sext to another man was leaked to the whole island. He's doing his best to distract himself with his Gaelic football ambitions, going out with his mates and a blossoming, sort-of, romance with his slightly older co-worker Amber.
But soon John must face up to the choices before him: to stand out or fit in and whether to love and let himself be loved, despite, or perhaps because of, the flaws that make us all human.
âWelcome to the psyche of a teenage boy in all its humorous and hormonal gloryâ TELEGRAPH
âBrilliantly written; as evocative as it is funny. Think: the male version of Sally Rooneyâ VOGUE
âIn 20 years of reviewing, Iâm not sure Iâve read a funnier book, or one Iâve enjoyed moreâ DAILY MAIL
âA brilliant and bittersweet ode to young love, friendship and GAAâ IRISH TIMES
âOne of the funniest novels I've read in years ⊠an utter joy to readâ COLIN BARRETT, author of Wild Houses
âOne of my favourite books of the yearâ JULIA ARMFIELD, author of Private Rites
âBighearted and boisterous, bursting with lifeâ COLIN WALSH, author of Kala
John Patrick McHugh's 'Fun and Games' was a Irish top ten bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.
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THE INSTANT TOP 10 IRISH BESTSELLER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2025
AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVELIST OF 2025
âA triumph ⊠the funniest novel I've read in yearsâ SALLY ROONEY
âOne of my favourite books of the yearâ JULIA ARMFIELD
âA funny and frank coming-of age-dramaâ OBSERVER
âGorgeous ⊠a writer of immense talentâ MICHAEL MAGEE
John Masterson has no idea what he wants.
Itâs his last summer on the small island where he has grown up. He should be enjoying the weeks until his exam results come through, but instead he's desperately trying to keep his head down after his motherâs nude sext to another man was leaked to the whole island. He's doing his best to distract himself with his Gaelic football ambitions, going out with his mates and a blossoming, sort-of, romance with his slightly older co-worker Amber.
But soon John must face up to the choices before him: to stand out or fit in and whether to love and let himself be loved, despite, or perhaps because of, the flaws that make us all human.
âWelcome to the psyche of a teenage boy in all its humorous and hormonal gloryâ TELEGRAPH
âBrilliantly written; as evocative as it is funny. Think: the male version of Sally Rooneyâ VOGUE
âIn 20 years of reviewing, Iâm not sure Iâve read a funnier book, or one Iâve enjoyed moreâ DAILY MAIL
âA brilliant and bittersweet ode to young love, friendship and GAAâ IRISH TIMES
âOne of the funniest novels I've read in years ⊠an utter joy to readâ COLIN BARRETT, author of Wild Houses
âOne of my favourite books of the yearâ JULIA ARMFIELD, author of Private Rites
âBighearted and boisterous, bursting with lifeâ COLIN WALSH, author of Kala
John Patrick McHugh's 'Fun and Games' was a Irish top ten bestseller w/c 2025-04-28.
