The Compound: The explosive BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick – Lord of the Flies meets Love Island - Couverture souple

Rawle, Aisling

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0008797897 ISBN 13 : 9780008797898

Editeur : The Borough Press, 2025

Synopsis

** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK **

‘Relentlessly gripping’ ABIGAIL DEAN

‘Menace-dipped’ THE TIMES

‘Thrilling and haunting’ NEW YORK TIMES

'Lord of the Flies meets Love Island’ LOUISE O’NEILL

‘Gripping and propulsive’ TORREY PETERS

‘THIS is the book to read this summer’ CECELIA AHERN

'Brilliant’ DAILY MIRROR

‘Written with total verve and delight’ STYLIST

You wake up in a compound in the middle of the desert, with nine other women.

All of you are young, beautiful, and keen to escape the catastrophe of the outside world.

Cameras broadcast your every move to millions of reality TV fans.

Soon, ten men will arrive on foot – if they survive the journey.

What will you do to win?

And what happens to the losers?

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READERS ARE GRIPPED

‘Ok I seriously loved this. The story is so addictive. There are sudden twists, simmering uneasiness and a wholly fitting ending that has stayed with me since I finished reading it’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Deliciously dark, this was a real page turner that I couldn't wait to get back to each night' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘There aren't many books that I would want to read twice, but this is one of them' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘A fun beach read, perfect for the summer' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I absolutely inhaled this. What a read. Materialism, wealth, love… Wow. So original and well written' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Borough Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0008797897
• ISBN 13: 9780008797898
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: HarperCollins Publishers, Product Safety Manager; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; HarperCollins, Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper; Dublin 1; D01 C9W8; Irlande