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This book will stay with its readers much longer than more run-of-the-mill thrillers. -- Alison Flood, Thriller of the Month * Observer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e is a magnificent, compulsive novel that cleverly turns the notion of a \"kinder, gentler time\" on its head.  And, oh, the pleasure of falling down the rabbit hole of Mandel's imagination - a dark, shimmering place rich in alarmingly real detail and peopled with such human, such very appealing characters. -- Liza Klaussmann, author of \u003ci\u003eTigers in Red Weather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA genuinely unsettling dystopian novel that also allows for moments of great tenderness. 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It is a brilliant novel, and Emily St John Mandel is astonishing. -- Emma Straub, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vacationers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLaura Lamont's Life in Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmily St John Mandel is currently gathering lots of world-ending buzz with her new novel \u003ci\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e . . . conjures up an eerie post-killer-flu future * Grazia *\u003cbr\u003eSpeculative fiction . . . of a decidedly literary bent * Metro *\u003cbr\u003eRiveting, brilliant -- Nina Stibbe, author of \u003ci\u003eLove, Nina\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel that miraculously reads like equal parts page-turner and poem. One of her great feats is that the story feels spun rather than plotted, with seamless shifts in time and characters . . . This is not a story of crisis and survival. 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