Two Futures Collide in Mandel's Exit Party
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Emily St. John Mandel's Exit Party imagines a post-coup United States where states secede and civil conflict looms, juxtaposing two possible futures—one of civil war, the other of creeping authoritarianism—in a near-future Los Angeles; the review calls the novel ambitious, captivating, and a sharp meditation on national fracture.
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