Description
From the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Exit Party is Emily St. John Mandel's epic new story of crimes committed and loves lost across worlds and decades.
'I am a big Emily St. John Mandel fanboy' - George R.R. Martin
2031. America is at war with itself, but for the first time in weeks there is some hope: the Republic of California has been declared, the curfew in Los Angeles is lifted, and everyone in the city is going to a party.
Ari, newly released from prison, arrives with her friend Gloria just as a fragile new era begins. But there are people at the party who shouldn't be there. Something is very wrong . . .
Years later, living a different life in Paris, Ari remains haunted by that night. Whatever happened at the party fractured her sense of reality - and may hold the key to a very different world.
Freedom and surveillance, art and survival, love and loss in a broken world: Exit Party is the electrifying new novel from Emily St. John Mandel.
Readers love Exit Party:
'A beautifully observed, deeply human novel' *****
'Utterly gripping and thought-provoking' *****
'One of the books of the year' *****
'Great characters, great plot, great writing' *****
'Incredibly readable, mind-bendingly creative and emotionally connected' *****
'All the same qualities that made Station Eleven an instant hit' *****
From the bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility, Exit Party is a story of the broken boundaries between parallel worlds and a single party that links two very different versions of reality.
About the Author
Emily St. John Mandel is the author of seven novels, including Station Eleven, which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and was included in the New York Times Best 100 Books of the 21st Century list; The Glass Hotel, which was selected by Barack Obama as one of his favourite books of 2020 and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize; and Sea of Tranquility, which was also selected by Obama for his 2022 list. Her work has been translated into thirty-seven languages and adapted for television. She lives in New York City and Los Angeles.
Reviews
An Emily St. John Mandel novel is always cause for excitement . . . Another kaleidoscopic, genre-and-planet-spanning jewel of a book. I'll let her take me everywhere and anywhere. -- Emily Temple, LitHub
A glittering puzzle box of a novel . . . [The] novel brilliantly ties the notion of parallel timelines to a political theme, positing a dark twinship between chaos and totalitarianism. . . . This is [Mandel's] best novel since Station Eleven, a cause for rejoicing among her fans and an inspiration for newbies to dive into the backlist. Both a thrilling read and a virtuoso demonstration of the moral and philosophical possibilities of speculative fiction -- Kirkus (Starred Review)
Mandel always writes with clarity and precision. Her perceptive new dystopian novel explores what is lost in a rush to safety; it's a hymn to what falls when the center doesn't hold -- Library Journal (Starred Review)
As ever in her own wholly original and singular way, Mandel offers up a completely compelling, richly rendered yarn that's sure to generate both major interest and discussion -- Booklist (Starred Review)
Masterful . . . a dizzying story of doubles and parallel universes. Mandel's assured tale offers bracing commentary on the dangers of divisiveness and surveillance, and the propulsive plot is fueled by the unfolding mystery of the initiating party scene. It's a tour de force -- Publishers Weekly
Book Information
ISBN 9781035081295
Author Emily St John Mandel
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Picador
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 404g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 156mm * 25mm
