{"product_id":"the-vivisectors-9780008725297","title":"The Vivisectors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A novel to marvel at’ \u003c\/strong\u003eSOPHIE MACKINTOSH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Astonishing’\u003c\/strong\u003e MICHAEL MAGEE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Like Karl Ove Knausgaard at the end of the world’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThe Doloriad \u003c\/em\u003ereturns with a darkly beautiful novel following a reclusive graduate in a campus love story like no other.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a famed but crumbling university city overrun by vegetation, where power is held in a fragile balance between the academics and a contingent of rogue gardeners, Agathe spends her days listlessly propping up the career of her fraudulent professor boss. One day, a campus scandal erupts: Adam, a contrarian and the pet student of her boss, comes into heated conflict with a rising young professor, with both men claiming discrimination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the crisis consumes the university, Agathe’s boss instructs her to gather information by befriending Adam. Agathe soon finds herself both caught up in the events tearing the city apart and increasingly drawn towards the alluring student at the heart of it all. But can anyone be taken at their word in a struggle over the truth?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCoursing with icy suspense and rendered with violent precision, \u003cem\u003eThe Vivisectors\u003c\/em\u003e is a new kind of love story for a broken era and a novel of blazing spiritual reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of the most talked about books of 2026, as seen in the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e, BBC, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/em\u003eand many more.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Genuinely experimental, relentlessly and rollickingly told’ \u003c\/strong\u003eBOOKER PRIZE JUDGES 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Left me awestruck by its terrifying beauty’ \u003c\/strong\u003eHANNAH MURRAY, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Make-Believe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘While there are echoes of Ottessa Moshfegh, Williams has a vision and energy all her own’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e GUARDIAN\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Part love story, part ecological fable … a bleakly funny study of ideological certainty’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Williams writes with a gothic angularity that puts her in a category of one. She swims in deep waters and surfaces now as a major writer for our age’ \u003c\/strong\u003ePAUL LYNCH, author of \u003cem\u003eProphet Song\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘The anti-feel good hit of the year’ \u003c\/strong\u003eFERNANDO A. FLORES, author of \u003cem\u003eBrother Brontë\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Wicked and beguiling’ \u003c\/strong\u003eAMY TWIGG, author of \u003cem\u003eSpoilt Creatures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9780008725297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 14 Aug 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 21.6(H)x13.5(L)x3(W)320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 320\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\u003eMissouri Williams is the author of The Doloriad, which won the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize and was shortlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Her work has appeared in The Nation, The Baffler, The Believer, Granta, and The Drift.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eGenuinely experimental, relentlessly and rollickingly told\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Booker Prize Judges 2026\u003cbr\u003e‘Reads more\u003cstrong\u003e like Karl Ove Knausgaard at the end of the world\u003c\/strong\u003e … sharply intelligent’\u003cem\u003e Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eWilliams writes with a singular brand of Ballardian ferocity\u003c\/strong\u003e – she revels in the wretched and the craven’\u003cem\u003e Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eGrips you with an invig­or­at­ing sense of its sheer dif­fer­ence\u003c\/strong\u003e from any­thing else out there’ \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Part love story, part ecological fable …\u003cstrong\u003e a bleakly funny study of ideological certainty\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eA compelling exploration of love\u003c\/strong\u003e, whether with another person or with God’ \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eAstonishingly good\u003c\/strong\u003e … she has immediately left the realm of the cult classic … and has \u003cstrong\u003elanded firmly\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ein the \"best of her generation\" conversation’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDefector\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eAs brilliant as it is dark\u003c\/strong\u003e … \u003cstrong\u003eunlike anything I’ve read before’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVulture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Her prose folds itself into the literary legacy of writers such as \u003cstrong\u003eClarice Lispector, Anna Kavan, Rachel Kushner and Ottessa Moshfegh\u003c\/strong\u003e’ \u003cem\u003eOur Culture\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eWilliams’s eye for the absurd\u003c\/strong\u003e keeps things light and fleet-footed’\u003cem\u003e Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eMoves between satire, suspense and philosophical inquiry\u003c\/strong\u003e’\u003cem\u003e Tank Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘This is the modern rupture – our crisis of meaning and spiritual malaise shaped into\u003cstrong\u003e a novel unlike any other\u003c\/strong\u003e’ Paul Lynch, author of \u003cem\u003eProphet Song\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cstrong\u003eExquisitely crafted and phenomenally clever\u003c\/strong\u003e … \u003cstrong\u003eleft me awestruck by its terrifying beauty\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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