{"product_id":"everything-you-ever-wanted","title":"Everything You Ever Wanted","description":"\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57307015905662,"sku":"NW9780241363560","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241363560.jpg?v=1778657599","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/everything-you-ever-wanted","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}