{"product_id":"everything-you-ever-wanted-9780241363560","title":"Everything You Ever Wanted","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ENCORE AWARD 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Tinged with melancholy and yearning, this novel is wry and frequently beautiful, and its culmination is surprising and deeply moving'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Both an \u003cb\u003eacute satire of our social-media dominated times\u003c\/b\u003e, and a \u003cb\u003ehaunting examination of depression and anxiety\u003c\/b\u003e rendered in diamond sharp prose. It\u003cb\u003e deserves to be on every prize longlist this year\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003ei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou wake up. You go to work. You don''t go outside for twelve hours at a time. You have strategy meetings about how to use hashtags. After work you order expensive drink after expensive drink until you''re so blackout drunk you can''t remember the circumstances which have led you to waking up in bed with your colleague. The next day you stay in bed until the afternoon, scrolling through your social media feeds and wondering why everyone else seems to be achieving so much. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes you don''t get out of bed at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen you hear about \u003ci\u003eLife on Nyx\u003c\/i\u003e, a programme that allows 100 lucky winners the chance to escape it all, move to another planet and establish a new way of life. One with meaning and purpose. One without Instagram and online dating. There''s one caveat: if you go, you can never come back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut you aren''t worried about that. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter all, what on Earth could there possibly be to miss? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Sauma has the horrors of the workplace nailed with satirical precision'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times Culture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Weird, wonderful\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''What Sauma captures so excellently is the low level anxiety that hums through everyday life'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Uplifting, unputdownable and mordantly funny'' \u003c\/b\u003eSharlene Teo, author of \u003ci\u003ePonti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003eI''d follow Sauma''s voice down any wormhole'' \u003c\/b\u003eRowan Hisayo Buchanan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''For fans of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBlack Mirror'' \u003c\/b\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Sublime''\u003c\/b\u003e Otegha Uwagba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSauma skewers the falsities and disappointments of contemporary life and work with rare sensitivity, unfolding an evocative narrative of unearthly escape.\u003c\/b\u003e I loved it -- Megan Hunter, author of 'The End We Start From'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvery now and then, a book comes along and pins down the wild thoughts that have been circling around in your brain as you question the meaning of your life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ein the bath at midnight.\u003c\/b\u003e Manages to sensitively unpack the frustrations of modern life while appreciating how funny the banality of it all is * Refinery29 *\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eimportant and poignant\u003c\/b\u003e novel that captures the ennui, panic and stubborn optimism of the zeitgeist with \u003cb\u003espirit, humour and a fearless portrayal of human truth\u003c\/b\u003e -- Helen Cullen, author of 'The Lost Letters of William Woolf'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeautifully written . . .\u003ci\u003e Everything You Ever Wanted\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e explores our current obsession with a meaningful life\u003c\/b\u003e * Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything You Ever Wanted\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eone of the most original and urgent novels I've read this year. \u003c\/b\u003eSauma dives under the skin of the way we live now and makes it into an astonishing new shape. Funny, heart-breaking and thought-provoking - \u003cb\u003ea novel that talks about all the things we are most afraid to talk about. Read it!\u003c\/b\u003e -- Clare Fisher , author 'All the Good Things'\u003cbr\u003eSauma's \u003cb\u003ewondrous\u003c\/b\u003e novel could not be more \u003cb\u003etimely\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eCaptures the era of social media addiction\u003c\/b\u003e and status anxiety \u003cb\u003eperfectly\u003c\/b\u003e. . . . with echoes of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Truman Show\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e * The Gloss *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUplifting, unputdownable and mordantly funny\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEverything You Ever Wanted \u003c\/i\u003eis the dystopian beach read you didn't know you needed. It's a love letter to London from outer space. It's both a speculative dystopian drama and a deadpan office satire. It's a brilliantly relatable and ambitious ode to the humdrum and the sublime;\u003cb\u003e a truly original novel that captures the pleasures and displeasures of modern, earthly life. \u003c\/b\u003e -- Sharlene Teo, author of 'Ponti'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEverything You Ever Wanted\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003eso sharp-eyed about our hidden hopes and tiny hypocrisies.\u003c\/b\u003e Even the most fantastical elements feel painfully, perfectly true. \u003cb\u003eI'd follow Sauma's voice down any wormhole\u003c\/b\u003e -- Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of 'Harmless Like You'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daring and original novel that asks profound questions about the way we live today \u003c\/b\u003ewhilst being simultaneously playful and fun. \u003cb\u003eSauma is brilliant at nailing the details of contemporary life\u003c\/b\u003e in a way that is recognisable to anyone who has suffered the mundanity of office jobs. -- Laura Kaye, author of 'English Animals'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCourageous, haunting, and beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e-with EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED, \u003cb\u003eLuiza Sauma takes us on a breathtaking voyage through both the farthest reaches of space and the innermost depths of the human soul\u003c\/b\u003e -- Peng Shepherd, author of 'The Book of M'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTinged with melancholy and yearning\u003c\/b\u003e, this novel is \u003cb\u003ewry\u003c\/b\u003e and frequently \u003cb\u003ebeautiful\u003c\/b\u003e, and its culmination is\u003cb\u003e surprising and deeply moving\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eWhat Sauma \u003cb\u003ecaptures so excellently\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003cb\u003elow level anxiety that hums through everyday life \u003c\/b\u003e * Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer writing is beautiful\u003c\/b\u003e * Rachel Seiffert, author of Dark Room and A Boy in Winter *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeird, wonderful\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eSauma has the horrors of the workplace \u003cb\u003enailed with satirical precision\u003c\/b\u003e * Sunday Times Culture *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbsorbing\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eambitious\u003c\/b\u003e. 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