{"product_id":"9780008710088","title":"The Compound","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Aisling Rawle\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 July 2025 by HarperCollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHardback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e162 x 241 x 34mm | 560g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e** A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK **\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Lord of the Flies meets Love Island – dark, thrilling, and delightfully twisted’ LOUISE O'NEILL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'So gripping and propulsive that it beats reality TV at its own game. Why watch TV when Aisling Rawle does it better?' TORREY PETERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'THIS is the book to read this summer… 10 out of 10'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCECELIA AHERN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e You wake up in a compound in the middle of the desert, along with nine other women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e All of you are young, all beautiful, all keen to escape the grinding poverty, political unrest and environmental catastrophe of the outside world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e You realise that cameras are tracking your every move, broadcasting to millions of reality TV fans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Soon, ten men will arrive on foot – if they all survive the journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What will you have to do to win?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And what happens to the losers?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Compound is an addictive literary satire on modern excess: it holds a twisted mirror up to our obsession with winning, losing and, above all, watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e READERS ARE GRIPPED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘THE must read hot book of summer 2025!’ ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Ok I seriously loved this. The story is so addictive. There are sudden twists, simmering uneasiness and a wholly fitting ending that has stayed with me since I finished reading it’ ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Deliciously dark, this was a real page turner that I couldn't wait to get back to each night' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘There aren't many books that I would want to read twice, but this is one of them' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘This was sold to me as Love Island meets Big Brother meets Survivor, and oh my gosh it didn't disappoint!’ ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Fans of Black Mirror and The Hunger Games will find The Compound both thought-provoking and disturbingly relevant' ????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘A fun beach read, perfect for the summer' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘I absolutely inhaled this. What a read. Materialism, wealth, love… Wow. So original and well written' ?????\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aisling Rawle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64839148274013,"sku":"9780008710088","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1074\/9358\/9341\/files\/9780008710088.jpg?v=1780057447","url":"https:\/\/adventureintobooks.co.uk\/products\/9780008710088","provider":"Adventure Into Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}