{"product_id":"9780241992661-assembly","title":"Assembly","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe critically acclaimed debut novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e    \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Diamond-sharp, timely and urgent' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Debuts of 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Subtle, elegant, scorching' \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Virtuosic, exquisite, achingly unique' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I'm full of the hope, on reading it, that this is the kind of book that doesn't just mark the moment things change, but also makes that change possible' Ali Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exquisite, daring, utterly captivating. A stunning new writer' Bernardine Evaristo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCome of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of \u003ci\u003eGo Home\u003c\/i\u003e vans. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. \u003ci\u003eDo all the right things\u003c\/i\u003e. Buy a flat. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe narrator of\u003ci\u003e Assembly \u003c\/i\u003eis a Black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family estate, set deep in the English countryside. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can't escape the question: is it time to take it all apart?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most talked-about debuts of the year . You'll read it in one sitting' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStyle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eExpertly crafted, remarkable, astonishing. A literary debut with flavours of Jordan Peele's Get Out' \u003ci\u003eBookseller, \u003c\/i\u003eEditor's Choice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Virginia Woolf's \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eCitizen\u003c\/i\u003e by Claudia Rankine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eAs breathtakingly graceful as it is mercilessly true'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Olivia Sudjic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Bold and original, with a cool intelligence, and so very truthful about the colonialist structure of British society' Diana Evans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This marvel of a novel manages to say all there is to say about Britain today' Sabrina Mahfouz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40057729581153,"sku":"9780241992661","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28464173.jpg?v=1722613444","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241992661-assembly","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}