First Time for Everything

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'A wild novel about rage and joy. Hilarious, tender, raw, and heart-stoppingly moving. I adored this powerful, wonderful book' Amanda Eyre Ward, author of The Jetsetters 'Hilarious and heartfelt... like hanging out with one of my queer besties' Celia Laskey, author of Under the Rainbow *Don't miss the unflinchingly honest, wickedly funny debut from Henry Fry - coming soon!* Danny Scudd is absolutely fine. At twenty-seven years old he's finally moved to London and escaped his parents' tiny fish and chip shop, his beloved collection of house plants are thriving and every Monday evening he has a date night with his boyfriend, Tobbs. But Danny's life is thrown into chaos when he discovers at an STI clinic that Tobbs might be cheating on him. And then he - and his plants - are unceremoniously evicted from his London flat. So, he's forced to move in with his best friend Jacob, a non-binary artiste who Danny's known since childhood. For the first time, and with the help of his inscrutable therapist and colourful new flatmates, Danny realises how little he knows about himself - and slowly starts to question whether he is fine, after all... An honest, hilarious and wickedly smart drama comedy about a young, shy, gay man who's made it through life by not really interacting with his sexuality. Perfect for fans of Ghosts by Dolly Alderton, Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan and How Do You Like Me Now? by Holly Bourne.

Henry Fry is an award-winning writer, designer, and climate and LGBT-rights activist living in London. In 2016 he was longlisted for the PRH Write Now scheme and in 2017 won the Literary Consultancy's Free Reads Award for new LGBT+ voices. In 2019 he was a recipient of the London Writer's Award programme. First Time for Everything is his first novel.

Henry Fry's First Time for Everything is a hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-queer novel about Danny Scudd, an anxiety-riddled gay man in his late 20s who's trying to learn how to shed the mask he donned for straight society. From the first sentence about Danny's balls being fondled to the countless pop culture references of Grey Gardens, Dolly Parton, and RuPaul's Drag Race, this novel felt like hanging out with one of my queer besties. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who's ever felt like they didn't belong. * Celia Laskey *