Thirty-one years old and profoundly shy, hairdresser Gavin finally comes of age in Getting It Right, a witty and heartfelt novel from the lauded, bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles.

Gavin - a shy and sensitive hairdresser in the West End - is, at thirty-one, still a virgin. He's a classic late developer, and he's worried that it's getting too late to develop at all. Then one night Gavin finds himself at a glamorous penthouse party. Completely out of his comfort zone, he stumbles upon the straight-talking Joan and the waifish Minerva, and suddenly everything begins to change. Over the next fortnight, Gavin might start, at last, to 'get it right'. 'Crammed with incidental pleasures . . . sometimes sad but more frequently hilarious . . . Getting It Right gets it, comically, right' Paul Bailey, Evening Standard 'What fascinates Howard are the lies and truths we tell ourselves in external and internal lives . . . Howard's deft touch is seen time and again' Telegraph

Winner of the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year Award.

From the bestselling author of the Cazalet Chronicles, Elizabeth Jane Howard, Getting It Right is a touching comedy about a young man trying desperately to come of age.

Gavin – a sensitive, shy, hairdresser in the West End – is, at thirty-one, still a virgin. He's a classic late developer, and he's worried that it's getting too late to develop at all.

Then, one night, Gavin finds himself at a penthouse party. There, he meets new people – the likes of which he's never come across before. Suddenly, everything begins to change. Over the next fortnight, Gavin might start, at last, to 'get it right' . . .

'Sometimes sad but more frequently hilarious . . . Getting It Right gets it, comically, right' – Evening Standard