![]() ![]() A literary debut with flavours of Jordan Peele''s Get Out'' Bookseller, Editor''s Choice''Virginia Woolf''s Mrs. You''ll read it in one sitting'' Sunday Times Style''Expertly crafted, remarkable, astonishing. And it is about one woman daring to take control of her own story, even at the cost of her life.''One of the most talked-about debuts of the year. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can''t escape the question: is it time to take it all apart?Assembly is a story about the stories we live within - those of race and class, safety and freedom, winners and losers. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend''s family estate, set deep in the English countryside. ![]() And keep going.The narrator of Assembly is a Black British woman. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. A stunning new writer'' Bernardine EvaristoCome of age in the credit crunch. ![]() SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021''Diamond-sharp, timely and urgent'' Observer, Best Debuts of 2021''Subtle, elegant, scorching'' Vogue''Virtuosic, exquisite, achingly unique'' Guardian''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''Exquisite, daring, utterly captivating. ![]()
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