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'Riveting' Guardian
'Electrifying' Colson Whitehead

When the world collapses, where will you run?

After rolling blackouts and epic storms engulf America, the neighbourhood of First Street, Charlottesville comes under attack by violent white supremacists. A small group of families, friends and strangers flee for their lives, taking refuge in Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's historic plantation home in the hills above the town.

Over nineteen heart-stopping days the group, led by Da'Naisha Love - a young Black descendant of Jefferson and Sally Hemings - find ways to survive as the world burns beneath them. But with the terror below coming closer, they must decide how far they're willing to go to protect what's theirs . . .

'Absolutely unforgettable' Roxane Gay
'Stunning' Mail on Sunday



Trade Review
Riveting storytelling. This incandescent work speaks not just to the moment, but to history * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *
A badass debut by any measure - nimble, knowing, and electrifying * Colson Whitehead, twice-Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and THE NICKEL BOYS *
An electric new literary voice * Esquire *
Absolutely unforgettable. Johnson's prose soars to remarkable heights * Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of HUNGER and AYITI *
Unputdownable... Extraordinarily powerful... One of the finest books of 2021 and a future classic * The Bookseller, Book of the Month *

My Monticello: THE most powerful read of summer

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      Book details

      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 16 June 2022
      ISBN-13 9781529115055
      978-1529115055
      ISBN-10 1529115051
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'Riveting' Guardian
      'Electrifying' Colson Whitehead

      When the world collapses, where will you run?

      After rolling blackouts and epic storms engulf America, the neighbourhood of First Street, Charlottesville comes under attack by violent white supremacists. A small group of families, friends and strangers flee for their lives, taking refuge in Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's historic plantation home in the hills above the town.

      Over nineteen heart-stopping days the group, led by Da'Naisha Love - a young Black descendant of Jefferson and Sally Hemings - find ways to survive as the world burns beneath them. But with the terror below coming closer, they must decide how far they're willing to go to protect what's theirs . . .

      'Absolutely unforgettable' Roxane Gay
      'Stunning' Mail on Sunday



      Trade Review
      Riveting storytelling. This incandescent work speaks not just to the moment, but to history * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *
      A badass debut by any measure - nimble, knowing, and electrifying * Colson Whitehead, twice-Pulitzer Prize winning author of THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD and THE NICKEL BOYS *
      An electric new literary voice * Esquire *
      Absolutely unforgettable. Johnson's prose soars to remarkable heights * Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of HUNGER and AYITI *
      Unputdownable... Extraordinarily powerful... One of the finest books of 2021 and a future classic * The Bookseller, Book of the Month *

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