Seek Immediate Shelter

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvVincent Yu

189 kr

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Shortlisted for the Barnes & Noble Discover PrizeBALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.One ordinary morning, in an unexceptional town, every mobile phone lights up with the same emergency alert.In this compelling, darkly funny and moving debut novel, each of Vincent Yu’s utterly relatable, flawed characters is given a choice: in the face of mutually assured destruction, do we reach for grace and mercy or do we hold on to hate and fear?Eighteen minutes later the town learns via text that it was a false alarm and the question changes. Can we forgive each other for what’s been said and done when the world didn’t actually end?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-08-06
Mått129 x 198 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagDuckworth Books
ISBN9780715656334

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'Propulsive and poetic, Vincent Yu's Seek Immediate Shelter explodes with characters at once sad and lonely, fierce and funny, selfish and selfless, all mirroring missiles themselves as they hurtle toward the consequences of their choices in the wake of a false missile alarm. This is a book that asks not so much what it means to be human, but to be a person - foibles, shame, desire, gluttony and all. A masterful debut' Jenny Tinghui Zhang, author of Superfan