Disappoint Me

“Nicola Dinan writes like some kind of demigod. Her fictions make thinkable new realities for how we live and what we might expect from each other.”—Torrey Peters, author of Detransition Baby

“Brimming with razor-sharp wit and compassion, Disappoint Me is a charming, big-hearted love story unlike any I’ve read before. It’s an insightful and brilliant meditation on the existential anxiety of otherness, the intermingling of pride and shame, and forgiveness.”—Marisa Crane, author of A Sharp Endless Need

“Disappoint Me is a study in human frailty that is riveting, funny and devastating. It explores heteronormativity, friendship and getting older but, most of all, it’s about confronting the disturbing fact that we cannot ever fully know the person we are sleeping next to.”—Shon Faye, author of The Transgender Issue

“Disappoint Me is an absolute gift. Bursting with big questions about the politics of romance, family, and care, this novel navigates moral and emotional complexity with grace, nuance, and real storytelling nerve. Dinan is a savvy observer of contemporary culture; she writes with wisdom, style and brilliant comic instincts.”—Oisín McKenna, author of Evenings and Weekends

“Dinan has such a deep understanding of people and why they do what they do, how they arrive where they are, and she brings the world to us so completely—all the pain, love, joy, and mess—that I feel completely winded by the wholeness of it.”—Annie Lord, author of Notes on Heartbreak

“Disappoint Me is a mature and assured novel. I admired Nicola Dinan’s work in elaborating the growing pains of a trans experience muddled by race, class, and changing public attitudes.”—Mendez, author of Rainbow Milk

“Disappoint Me is a wonder of a novel, hilarious and heartrending in equal measure: one that marries the prickly, delicious pleasures of its keen observational comedy with the riskiest ventures into the unavoidable messiness of true human intimacy.”—Elaine Castillo, author of America is Not the Heart and How to Read Now

“Immersive, perceptive, and layered with nuanced truths about friendship, family, queerness, and real romantic partnership, Disappoint Me is a brilliant and funny love story—the kind that shows us who we are, who we’re scared we might be, and what it really takes to trust another person.”—Jules Ohman, author of Body Grammar

“Nicola Dinan knows how to write directly to the flaws we show when in love, with biting wit and laugh out loud humor. Disappoint Me is an addictive read, that I really did not want to end.”—Travis Alabanza, author of None of the Above

“Disappoint Me is clear evidence of the skill and talent of a writer who does not know how to disappoint, whose prose is vivid, emotive, powerful and funny, and whose ability to make us feel only grows stronger with every story she tells.”—Ore Agbaje-Williams, author of The Three of US

“A delicious story of change, and a beautiful meditation on human connection. Dinan is a stunning chef of words, and this is a book for greedy reader.”—Jodie Harsh