Oligarchy
by Scarlett Thomas
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Pub Date 7 Nov 2019 | Archive Date 7 Nov 2019
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Description
The new adult novel from the bestselling author of The End of Mr. Y, about power, privilege and peer pressure
When Tash, daughter of a Russian oligarch, is sent to an English boarding school, she is new to the strange rituals of the girls there. Theirs is a world of strict pecking orders, eating disorders and Instagram angst.
While she spends her time with the other girls at the lake and the stables, a hand-picked few are invited to join the Headmaster at his house for extra lessons. Then her friend Bianca mysteriously vanishes, and quickly the routines of her dorm-mates seem darker and more alien than ever before.
Advance Praise
'Oligarchy is a delicious slap in the face; stunningly intelligent, alarmingly modern, hilariously funny, deeply pertinent, true, fantastical and several hankies’-worth of poignant'
LOUISA YOUNG
'An intricate black jewel of a novel. Weeks later I’m still thinking about it'
KIRSTY LOGAN
PRAISE FOR SCARLETT THOMAS:
'Entrancing'
NEIL GAIMAN
'Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences . . . like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly'
Guardian
'Ingenious and original'
PHILIP PULLMAN
'Thomas has the mesmerising power of a great storyteller'
Financial Times
'Positively luminous – funny, daring, fizzing with ideas and altogether captivating'
Daily Mail
'Filthily gorgeous . . . Imagine Muriel Spark's disreputable niece'
Spectator
'A delightful compound of fantasy and traditional family saga . . . A modern fairytale, with flashes that are savagely funny'
The Times
'Ambitious, thought-provoking fun'
Sunday Times
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781786897794 |
| PRICE | £14.99 (GBP) |
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