From the winner of the 2011 Man Booker Prize for fiction comes a book with deep understanding and a comedic disposition. The shy and logical bank clerk Stuart has problems with women until one lucky singles night he meets Gillian, an artist recovering from a destructive relationship. Stuart's best friend, Oliver, is the complete opposite - a language professor who 'speaks like a dictionary', cheeky and irresponsible. Soon, Stuart and Gillian get married, but it doesn't take long for an awkward friendship between the three to evolve into something quite different. "Talking it Over" is a brilliant and intimate narrative about the ups and downs of love. It starts as a comedy of errors and then slowly darkens and deepens, drawing us into the mire of the heart.