Oligarchy

Author(s): Scarlett Thomas

Fiction

When Tash, daughter of a Russian oligarch, is sent to an English boarding school, she is new to the strange rituals of the girls there. Theirs is a world of strict pecking orders, eating disorders and Instagram angst. While she spends her time with the other girls at the lake and the stables, a hand-picked few are invited to join the Headmaster at his house for extra lessons. Then her friend Bianca mysteriously vanishes, and quickly the routines of her dorm-mates seem darker and more alien than ever before. Oligarchy is the fierce new novel about power, privilege and peer pressure from the bestselling author of The End of Mr. Y.


Product Information

The new novel from the bestselling author of The End of Mr. Y, about power, privilege and pressure.

Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. Her novels include Bright Young Things, The Seed Collectors, PopCo, The End of Mr.Y which was longlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, and Our Tragic Universe. She teaches creative writing at the University of Kent.

General Fields

  • : 9781786898029
  • : Canongate Books
  • : UNKNOWN
  • : 0.01
  • : July 2019
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  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Scarlett Thomas
  • : Paperback
  • : Dec-19
  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : 224