{"product_id":"exit-party-9781035081295","title":"Exit Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the global bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e comes a story of the broken boundaries between parallel worlds and a single party that links two very different versions of reality. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Exit Party is Emily St. John Mandel's new mind-bending epic: a story of crimes committed and loves lost across space and time.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781035081295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 15 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.5(H)x15.6(L)x2.5(W)404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 404\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eEmily St. John Mandel is the author of seven novels. Station Eleven was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN\/Faulkner Award. It also won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Toronto Book Award and the Morning News Tournament of Books. The Glass Hotel was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and was longlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Translated into thirty-four languages, Station Eleven was made into an acclaimed limited TV series. Emily St. John Mandel lives in New York City and Los Angeles.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmbitious and captivating\u003c\/b\u003e . . . the novel will rightly entrance new readers while gripping Mandel's existing ones. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eExit Party\u003c\/i\u003e feels like the culmination of her career so far\u003c\/b\u003e, combining the thrills and mysteries of the author's early crime novels with the expansive premises and speculative ruminations of later novels like \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe deftly creates emotional resonance through events that feel like a slanted take on our own times\u003ci\u003e . . . Exit Party\u003c\/i\u003e, like much of her work, makes the case for relishing small moments of joy, frightening as the world is\u003c\/b\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of seven novels, Mandel has established herself as \u003cb\u003eone of the most fascinating writers of speculative fiction\u003c\/b\u003e . . . What is it to be human, she asks, in a world quite so heavily controlled? \u003cb\u003eAn amazing book by an amazing writer\u003c\/b\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eThe i Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis kind of emotional depth is rare. \u003cb\u003eMandel's triumph here \u003c\/b\u003eis to take genre tropes and create something new from them. \u003cb\u003eLiterary science fiction of the highest standard\u003c\/b\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eSFX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e . . . One of\u003cb\u003e the joys of her novels \u003c\/b\u003eis that though you frequently have no idea where the story is travelling, you have confidence as a reader that it is moving towards a clear resolution. It is not that all loose ends are neatly tied but you know there is a destination . . . \u003cb\u003eSt John Mandel is a beautiful writer. \u003c\/b\u003eReading her work is like slipping into a warm pool . . . \u003cb\u003ethere are times when she calls to mind Paul Auster and his characters dancing to the music of chance\u003c\/b\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Emily St. John Mandel novel is always cause for excitement . . .\u003cb\u003e Another kaleidoscopic, genre-and-planet-spanning jewel of a book. I’ll let her take me everywhere and anywhere.\u003c\/b\u003e -- Emily Temple, \u003ci\u003eLitHub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA glittering puzzle box of a novel \u003c\/b\u003e. . . [The] novel brilliantly ties the notion of parallel timelines to a political theme, positing a dark twinship between chaos and totalitarianism. . . . \u003cb\u003eThis is [Mandel’s] best novel since \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e, a cause for rejoicing among her fans\u003c\/b\u003e and an inspiration for newbies to dive into the backlist. Both a thrilling read and a virtuoso demonstration of the moral and philosophical possibilities of speculative fiction -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMandel always writes with clarity and precision. \u003c\/b\u003eHer perceptive new dystopian novel explores what is lost in a rush to safety;\u003cb\u003e it’s a hymn to what falls when the center doesn’t hold\u003c\/b\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003cbr\u003eAs ever in her own wholly original and singular way, \u003cb\u003eMandel offers up a completely compelling, richly rendered yarn \u003c\/b\u003ethat's sure to generate both major interest and discussion -- \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (Starred Review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasterful . . . a dizzying story of doubles and parallel universes. \u003c\/b\u003eMandel's assured tale offers bracing commentary on the dangers of divisiveness and surveillance, and the propulsive plot is fueled by the unfolding mystery of the initiating party scene. \u003cb\u003eIt's a tour de force\u003c\/b\u003e -- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Emily St John Mandel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49279507333337,"sku":"9781035081295","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781035081295.jpg?v=1789818548","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/exit-party-9781035081295","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}