Martine McDonagh's latest novel is NARCISSISM FOR BEGINNERS, published by Unbound in March 2017. ‘Sonny is a brilliant creation…The final payoff, pitch perfect.’ Annabel Gaskell for www.shinynewbooks.co.uk 'I loved tagging along on this kooky hero’s quest.’ www.bookishbeck.com ‘…a highly original book...a very likeable character and, as a reader, you find yourself rooting for him as you turn each page.’ www.swirlandthread.com 'Tales of the City meets Adrian Mole meets Charles Manson.' Fleur Emery Martine McDonagh's third novel Narcissism for Beginners is being likened to JD Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye. Her first novel, I Have Waited, and You Have Come was praised in the Guardian and Red Magazine and was described by author Elizabeth Haynes as 'cataclysmically brilliant.' Martine worked for thirty years as an artist manager in the music industry, managing bands including James for whom she also designed their famous daisy logo. She is currently Programme Leader on the MA Creative Writing & Publishing at West Dean College in Sussex.