SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR
THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD 2021The acclaimed word-of-mouth hit and break-out debut of
the year.Selected as a Book of the Year 2021 by booksellers writers and readers:Observer Best
Books of 2021Guardian Books of the YearThe i paper Books of the YearNew Statesman Book of the
YearBad Form Book of the Year shortlistGood Housekeeping Best Books of the YearGoldsmiths Prize
shortlistBooks Are My Bag Fiction Award shortlistFoyles Daunt Books Ignota and Libraria 'Book
of the Year' selection'Assembly left me breathless with admiration. It is the kind of book that
makes you feel like we might not need any more novels now because here is the perfect one' Meg
Mason author of Sorrow and Bliss'Diamond-sharp timely and urgent' Observer Best Debuts of
2021'Subtle elegant scorching... The literarydebut of the summer' 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. A stunning new writer' Bernardine EvaristoCome of
age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Home
vans. Go to Oxbridge get an education start a career. Do all the right things. Buy a flat.
Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep
going.The narrator of Assembly is 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?'One of
the most talked-about debuts of the year . . . You'll read it in one sitting' Sunday Times
Style'Expertly crafted remarkable astonishing... A literary debut with flavours of Jordan
Peele's Get Out' Bookseller Editor's Choice'Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway meets Citizen by
Claudia Rankine... As breathtakingly graceful as it is mercilessly true' Olivia Sudjic'Bold and
original with a cool intelligence and so very truthful about the colonialist structure of
British society' Diana Evans 'This marvel of a novel manages to say all there is to say about
Britain today' Sabrina Mahfouz
