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ASSEMBLY - NATASHA BROWN KARTONIERT (TB)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021SHORTLISTED FOR
THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION AWARD
2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2022LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE
2022'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. A stunning
new writer' Bernardine Evaristo Come 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

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