Exit Party

The instant Sunday Times bestseller From the bestselling author of Station Eleven, Exit Party is Emily St. John Mandel's epic new story of crimes committed and loves lost across worlds and decades.
'Ambitious and captivating . . . the culmination of her career so far' - The New York Times
'Reaches new heights . . . extraordinary' - The Guardian
2031. America is at war with itself, but for the first time in weeks there is some hope: the Republic of California has been declared, the curfew in Los Angeles is lifted, and everyone in the city is going to a party.
Ari, newly released from prison, arrives with her friend Gloria just as a fragile new era begins. But there are people at the party who shouldn't be there. Something is very wrong . . .
Years later, living a different life in Paris, Ari remains haunted by that night. Whatever happened at the party fractured her sense of reality - and may hold the key to a very different world. Freedom and surveillance, art and survival, love and loss in a broken world: Exit Party is the electrifying new novel from Emily St. John Mandel.
'Literary science fiction of the highest standard' - SFX
'An amazing book by an amazing writer' - The i Paper
'An absolute force in modern fiction' - New Scientist
'Beautifully written . . . a sweeping saga' - Financial Times
'Exhilarating . . . Mandel is a virtuoso' - TLS Readers love Exit Party:
'A beautifully observed, deeply human novel' *
'Utterly gripping and thought-provoking' *
'One of the books of the year' *
'Great characters, great plot, great writing' *
'Incredibly readable, mind-bendingly creative and emotionally connected' *
'All the same qualities that made Station Eleven an instant hit' *
'Exit Party' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 21/09/26.

Emily St. John Mandel is the author of seven novels, including Station Eleven, which won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction, was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and was included in the New York Times Best 100 Books of the 21st Century list; The Glass Hotel, which was selected by Barack Obama as one of his favourite books of 2020 and was shortlisted for the Giller Prize; and Sea of Tranquility, which was also selected by Obama for his 2022 list. Her work has been translated into thirty-seven languages and adapted for television. She lives in New York City and Los Angeles.