Helen and George-first names, as they insist-bundle me inside. Miniature lamp posts cast narrow yellow cones, illuminating a path up towards the house. The wrought-iron entry gate has slid back into a closed grimace. Outside, it's quiet and oppressively still. In the dim light, I see earnestness in his features. With the biopsy, all that stuff-he pauses and turns to me. Beyond, across the lawn, a few windows glow orange against the night. We're parked on the gravel driveway outside his parents' house.
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She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family estate, set deep in the English countryside. The narrator of Assembly is a black British woman. Go to college, get an education, start a career. This blistering, fearless, and unforgettable literary novel finds a woman with everything on the line and a life-or-death decision waiting for her-perfect for fans of Claudia Rankine and Jenny Offill.Ĭome of age in the credit crunch.
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