Consent

This book is an experiment.
We're experimenting together.
You are part of the experiment, if you'll agree to it.
Normally I don't let my subjects choose to be subjects. If you know you're being watched, you cease to be you.
But I want you to read this. I wrote it for you.
This magnetic book pulls you in its wake even as you resist its force. Sometimes you don't want to know what's next...

Leo Benedictus is a freelance feature writer for the Guardian, and other publications. His first novel, The Afterparty, was published in 2011 by Jonathan Cape.
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