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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
