She's not one of the artistes or muses, the filmmakers or acolytes, the strutters and posers and beautiful people. On her quest for something "special", Mae finds herself working in Andy Warhol's Silver Factory (aka The Factory). Who or what is "nothing special" in this novel? The most obvious candidate – at least initially - is 17-year-old Mae, riding the escalators of department stores in New York in 1966, looking for a life away from her alcoholic waitress mum, backstabbing school mates and grim future. Irish writer Nicole Flattery made her name writing short fiction, winning awards and accolades from fellow writers such as compatriot Sally Rooney: "I truly love Nicole Flattery's writing" is right there on the cover of her debut novel, Nothing Special. "I wanted to be more a presence than a person,'" Flattery told the Irish Times.
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