‘A story of familial and romantic intimacies’ – Sally Rooney announces new book set for release this year

Author Sally Rooney. Photo: Tony Gavin

Maeve McTaggart

The fourth novel from Normal People writer Sally Rooney will be published this September.

Intermezzo follows grieving brothers Peter and Ivan Koubek in the wake of their father’s death, one is a successful Dublin lawyer in his thirties while the other is a 22-year-old competitive chess player who meets an older woman.