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'Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have no problems displaying their feelings through a series of ritualistic passive-aggressive maneuvers as they sit across from each other, executive assistants to co-CEOs of a publishing company. Lucy can’t understand Joshua’s joyless, uptight, meticulous approach to his job. Joshua is clearly baffled by Lucy’s overly bright clothes, quirkiness, and Pollyanna attitude.
'Now that they’re up for the same promotion, their battle of wills has come to a head and Lucy refuses to back down when their latest game could cost her her dream job. . . . But the tension between Lucy and Joshua has also reached its boiling point, and Lucy is discovering that maybe she doesn’t hate Joshua. And maybe he doesn’t hate her either. Or maybe this is just another game.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Notes
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In July 2018, Deadline announced that The Hating Game was to be adapted for an American film, with a screenplay by Christina Mengert and directed by David Mirkin (https://deadline.com/2018/07/the-simpsons-david-mirkin-directing-the-hating-game-sally-thorne-1202433595/).
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Canberra Novelist Sally Thorne's Rocket Ride
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 26 August 2016;
— Review of The Hating Game 2016 single work novel 'Sally Thorne remembers with shining clarity the moment she realised her life was about to change in a huge way. "I remember going in to my desk at work [in the public service] and sitting down and just feeling like suddenly an escape hatch had opened in what was a pretty dry, corporate world," she says. "And I spoke to the guy next to me and I just said, 'I was given a book deal.'" ...' -
[Review] The Hating Game
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2016; (p. 40)
— Review of The Hating Game 2016 single work novel
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[Review] The Hating Game
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 20 August 2016; (p. 40)
— Review of The Hating Game 2016 single work novel -
Canberra Novelist Sally Thorne's Rocket Ride
2016
single work
review
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 26 August 2016;
— Review of The Hating Game 2016 single work novel 'Sally Thorne remembers with shining clarity the moment she realised her life was about to change in a huge way. "I remember going in to my desk at work [in the public service] and sitting down and just feeling like suddenly an escape hatch had opened in what was a pretty dry, corporate world," she says. "And I spoke to the guy next to me and I just said, 'I was given a book deal.'" ...'
