'Lord of the Flies meets Love Island – dark, thrilling, and delightfully twisted' LOUISE O'NEILL
'A debut so gripping and propulsive that it beats reality TV at its own game. Why watch TV when Aisling Rawle does it better?' TORREY PETERS
'THIS is the book to read this summer. Exceptional, I was riveted from the first page and couldn’t put it down. Easily one of my favourite novels I’ve read this year… 10 out of 10' CECELIA AHERN
'An Animal Farm for our age of relentless materialism' NEW YORK TIMES
'Written with total verve and delight… definitely a name to watch' STYLIST
'As addictive as the shows it satirises, and so relentlessly gripping that its cleverness sneaks up on you… You'll be petitioning Rawle for another season' ABIGAIL DEAN
'Sinister in all the best ways’ ELLE
‘Smart and provocative… so damn addictive… both thrilling and haunting’ NEW YORK TIMES Book Review
'Innovative, captivating, and impossible to put down' LEILA MOTTLEY
'Every bit as addictive as your favourite guilty pleasure binge-watch, but with all the substance of a literary classic' OPRAH DAILY
'A fresh, original debut, searing in its interrogation of modern life, utterly engrossing, everyone should read it. I loved it' ANDREA MARA
'Riveting and deeply unsettling… Aisling Rawle has written a book for our times: I flew through it and kept thinking about it long after the last page' JANELLE BROWN
'Utterly addictive – I devoured it, completely immersed. An unforgettable debut' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD
'A clever and delicious treat that’s even more addictive than the reality television it lambasts… I dare you not to tear through [it] at lightning speed' ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS
'Page-turning, nail-biting… Just like the reality shows we all can’t stop watching, this book is utterly bingeable' OLIVIA GATWOOD
'That rare combination of propulsive and brilliant. I read it in one big gulp and then brought it up at two different dinners to talk about its mix of gender dynamics, capitalism, and power' MEGAN GIDDINGS
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.Aisling Rawle is an ex-bookseller from Leitrim in the West of Ireland, where she wrote The Compound, her dark reality TV satire and debut novel. Aisling currently lives in Dublin.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.'Lord of the Flies meets Love Island – dark, thrilling, and delightfully twisted' LOUISE O'NEILL
'A debut so gripping and propulsive that it beats reality TV at its own game. Why watch TV when Aisling Rawle does it better?' TORREY PETERS
'THIS is the book to read this summer. Exceptional, I was riveted from the first page and couldn’t put it down. Easily one of my favourite novels I’ve read this year… 10 out of 10' CECELIA AHERN
'An Animal Farm for our age of relentless materialism' NEW YORK TIMES
'Written with total verve and delight… definitely a name to watch' STYLIST
'As addictive as the shows it satirises, and so relentlessly gripping that its cleverness sneaks up on you… You'll be petitioning Rawle for another season' ABIGAIL DEAN
'Sinister in all the best ways’ ELLE
‘Smart and provocative… so damn addictive… both thrilling and haunting’ NEW YORK TIMES Book Review
'Innovative, captivating, and impossible to put down' LEILA MOTTLEY
'Every bit as addictive as your favourite guilty pleasure binge-watch, but with all the substance of a literary classic' OPRAH DAILY
'A fresh, original debut, searing in its interrogation of modern life, utterly engrossing, everyone should read it. I loved it' ANDREA MARA
'Riveting and deeply unsettling… Aisling Rawle has written a book for our times: I flew through it and kept thinking about it long after the last page' JANELLE BROWN
'Utterly addictive – I devoured it, completely immersed. An unforgettable debut' CATHERINE RYAN HOWARD
'A clever and delicious treat that’s even more addictive than the reality television it lambasts… I dare you not to tear through [it] at lightning speed' ZAKIYA DALILA HARRIS
'Page-turning, nail-biting… Just like the reality shows we all can’t stop watching, this book is utterly bingeable' OLIVIA GATWOOD
'That rare combination of propulsive and brilliant. I read it in one big gulp and then brought it up at two different dinners to talk about its mix of gender dynamics, capitalism, and power' MEGAN GIDDINGS
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.Aisling Rawle is an ex-bookseller from Leitrim in the West of Ireland, where she wrote The Compound, her dark reality TV satire and debut novel. Aisling currently lives in Dublin.
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