Initially, the writing style means the reader has to put in quite some effort. Her tale understandably includes quite a lot of sex, with various and multiple partners, and many of the descriptions are quite explicit, as are those of the abuse (sexual, physical and psychological) of children and adolescents. McBride easily conveys the feel of the theatre scene and mid-nineties London: flats, bedsits and squats parties, drinking to excess, late nights and libidinous behaviour. What is supposed to be a one-night-stand to get rid of her inconvenient virginity begins to morph into some sort of relationship, although nothing runs smoothly. An older man, thirty-eight, and apparently quite well-regarded for his roles. A few weeks into her first term, she encounters an actor in a bar. She's just eighteen, rather naïve, and still a virgin. In the mid-1990s, a young Irish woman goes to London to study acting at Drama College. The Lesser Bohemians is the second novel by Irish-born author, Eimear McBride.
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