Normal People

by Sally Rooney

This is what it’s like in Dublin. All Connell’s classmates have identical accents and carry the same size MacBook under their arms.

Peggy once described the neckchain as ‘Argos chic’,

What is he doing paying you in cash? she said. Is he like a drug dealer or something? Marianne said she thought he was some kind of property developer. Oh, said Joanna. Wow, that’s much worse.