SHORTLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE 2022 SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS
PRIZE 2021 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
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