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Exit Party

the unforgettable, mind-bending new novel from the author of Station Eleven

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Exit Party

By: Emily St John Mandel
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From the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Exit Party is Emily St. John Mandel’s new mind-bending epic: a story of crimes committed and loves lost across space and time.

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.

Praise for Emily St. John Mandel:

'It is heaven to be immersed in the waters of Mandel's imagination' – Naomi Alderman
'Emily St. John Mandel conjures indelible visuals, and her writing is pure elegance' – Patrick deWitt
'Mandel is a terrific storyteller' – The Sunday Times
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No one can create beautiful, enmeshed, startingly clever worlds the way Mandel does' – Daisy Johnson
'A damn fine novel . . . haunting and evocative and immersive . . . I am a big Emily St. John Mandel fanboy' – George R.R. Martin, on The Glass Hotel
'A spiraling, transportive triumph of storytelling – sci-fi with soul' – Kiran Millwood Hargrave on Sea of Tranquility

Dystopian Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Science Fiction Women Sleuths
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Critic reviews

[A] glittering puzzle box of a novel . . . This is [Mandel’s] best novel since Station Eleven (2014), 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 Reviews (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))
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