SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2021 SHORTLISTED
FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG FICTION
AWARD 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2022 LONGLISTED 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
