A BEST BOOK OF 2024 IN STYLIST, DAILY MAIL, THE I, IRISH TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND RED

'One of the best books you will read all year'
ELIZABETH DAY

'Incredibly funny. Every sentence sparkles'
CAITLIN MORAN

'Imagine the intensity of Annie Ernaux's Simple Passion written with the lightness of Bridget Jones's Diary and the irreverence of Fleabag'
THE SUNDAY TIMES

'One of the most entertaining reads we've had in a long time'
STYLIST

'This year's Sorrow and Bliss. Hilarious and heartbreaking'
DAILY MAIL

'So droll, bawdy, sexy, hilarious and good fun, everything you read thereafter seems dull in comparison'
THE I PAPER

'The debut of the year'
THE I PAPER

'A hilarious novel about falling in love with someone you really shouldn't ... I raced through it with increasing delight'
DAILY MAIL

'Witty as Fleabag, psychologically insightful as Sally Rooney'
LUCIE WHITEHOUSE

Hera is in her mid-twenties, which seems young to everyone except people in their mid-twenties.

Since leaving school, she has been trying to kick and scream into existence a life she cares about, but with little success so far.

Until she meets Arthur.

He works with her, he is older than her, he is also married. But in her soulless office - the large cold room she feels destined to spend her life in - he is a source of much-needed sustenance.

And though Hera has previously dated women, she soon falls headlong into a workplace romance that will quickly consume her life.

Laugh-out-loud funny, deeply moving and whip smart, Green Dot is a story about the terrible allure of wanting something that promises nothing and the winding, torturous, often hilarious journey we take in deciding who we are and who we want to be.

'If you liked Fleabag you will love Green Dot'
PANDORA SYKES

'It's positively indecent that a book this funny should also be so moving and wise and well-observed'
REBECCA WAIT

'Gutting, funny, smart, smart, smart. Madeleine Gray is a hilarious, humane, and highly perceptive writer'
CLAIRE LOMBARDO

'Sentence by sentence perfection. Razor sharp, hilarious, clever, and devastatingly honest'
LOUISE O'NEILL

'A novel everyone will be talking about'
GRAZIA

'Full of incredibly sharp sentences and darkly comic moments'
BBC CULTURE

'Wildly funny... Fans of Fleabag will adore Green Dot'
RED MAGAZINE

'Funny, whip-smart, and unbearably realistic, Gray nails the angst of being young. You'll tear through the pages. Genius'
HEAT MAGAZINE

"The intensity of Annie Ernaux's Simple Passion written with the lightness of Bridget Jones's Diary and the irreverence of Fleabag." - THE SUNDAY TIMES

"So droll, bawdy, sexy, hilarious and good fun, everything you read thereafter seems dull in comparison." - THE I PAPER

"One of the most buzzed-about books for 2024 is Green Dot and it's a gulp of a read thanks to Gray's fizzing protagonist, Hera... Hera's longing, hope and pop culture references (everything from The Wire to Rupi Kaur and British pub opening times are used for proper laughs) make it one of the most entertaining reads we've had in a long time. " - STYLIST Unmissable Fiction for 2024

"Hilarious and heartbreaking, Green Dot might just be the debut of the year. It's the type of book you can devour in no time." - THE I PAPER, What To Read in 2024

"This year's Sorrow And Bliss... a hilarious and heartbreaking story about a young woman's affair with an older colleague. " - DAILY MAIL Best Fiction of 2024

"The hype around Australian author Madeleine Gray is hard to ignore, with writers from Caitlin Moran to Elizabeth Day earmarking this brilliantly funny and observant debut as a must-read." - RED MAGAZINE, Dazzling Debuts for 2024

"Madeleine Gray's brilliantly sharp Green Dot wrenchingly captures what so many of us yearn for: to be loved in the eyes of another for who we are... a book so hilariously real and devastating, you'll never stop hoping (or reading)." - IMAGE MAGAZINE

"Is there anything more deeply cursed than being a woman in your 20s? Novelists have been mining this period of life for years, but few get it as well as Madeleine Gray . . . Staggeringly good and wickedly funny" - The Saturday Paper

"Fresh and funny" - IRISH TIMES, 2024 Preview

"A novel everyone will be talking about . . . Messy 20-something love from a witty new voice" - GRAZIA, Best Novels of 2024

"A hilarious novel about falling in love with someone you really shouldn't ... I raced through it with increasing delight ... Sharp and wise." - DAILY MAIL

"Full of incredibly sharp sentences and darkly comic moments." - BBC CULTURE

"Green Dot is for anyone who has fallen for the wrong person, remained in a relationship that is hurting them, witnessed a close friend going through that, or has simply made mistakes ... It is so droll, bawdy, sexy, hilarious and good fun, everything you read thereafter seems dull in comparison. " - the i paper

"Wildly funny... Fans of Fleabag will adore Green Dot." - RED MAGAZINE

"Darkly funny... Gray's writing is witty and sharp and 24-year-old Hera is a character you'll root for." - GOOD HOUSEKEEPING

"Funny, whip-smart, and unbearably realistic, Gray nails the angst of being young, directionless, and desperate for an emotional anchor. You'll tear through the pages, judging Hera's decisions, and wi11ing her to recognise her value, before realising you've had green dot moments of your own. Genius." - HEAT MAGAZINE, Book of the Week

"Full of sharply penned scenes that fans of Fleabag will love... In Green Dot there are no outright villains, nor is anyone 100% angelic - and it's that skill in layered characterisation that will have you riveted until the final page." - PRESS ASSOCIATION

"An acutely witty debut... Green Dot's potency lies in its narrator's distinctive voice, ruthless self-scrutiny and droll observations on the absurdities of young adult life... Gray brilliantly satirises the indignities of office life on the bottom rung... Although ironic and flippant, Green Dot avoids nihilism, and is ultimately about the search for meaning through love. " - GUARDIAN

"If you're a fan of Fleabag you will love this." - COSMOPOLITAN

"One of the must-reads of 2024... swaggering, laugh-out-loud and moving" - STYLIST MAGAZINE