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The compound : a novel / Aisling Rawle.

Summary:

Love Island meets Lord of the Flies in this must-talk-about-it book, as bingeable as the best reality TV. Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality show. To win, she must outlast her housemates to stay in the Compound the longest, while competing in challenges for luxury rewards like champagne and lipstick, plus communal necessities to outfit their new home, like food, appliances, and a front door. Cameras are catching all her angles, good and bad, but Lily has no desire to why would she, when the world outside is falling apart? As the competition intensifies, intimacy between the players deepens, and it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between desire and desperation. When the unseen producers raise the stakes, forcing contestants into upsetting, even dangerous situations, the line between playing the game and surviving it begins to blur. If Lily makes it to the end, she’ll receive prizes beyond her wildest dreams—but what will she have to do to win?.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593977279
  • ISBN: 0593977270
  • ISBN: 9780593979457
  • ISBN: 0593979451
  • Physical Description: 292 pages ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First U.S. edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2025]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Series title from dust jacket.
Awards Note:
Goodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction (2025),
She Reads Best of Award Nominee for Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense (2025)
Subject: Reality television programs > Fiction.
Contests > Fiction.
Deserts > Fiction.
Man-woman relationships > Fiction.
Poor women > Fiction.
Survival > Fiction.
Consumption (Economics) > Fiction.
Genre: Psychological fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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4901 . ‡aGood morning America book club
500 . ‡aSeries title from dust jacket.
520 . ‡aLove Island meets Lord of the Flies in this must-talk-about-it book, as bingeable as the best reality TV. Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality show. To win, she must outlast her housemates to stay in the Compound the longest, while competing in challenges for luxury rewards like champagne and lipstick, plus communal necessities to outfit their new home, like food, appliances, and a front door. Cameras are catching all her angles, good and bad, but Lily has no desire to why would she, when the world outside is falling apart? As the competition intensifies, intimacy between the players deepens, and it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between desire and desperation. When the unseen producers raise the stakes, forcing contestants into upsetting, even dangerous situations, the line between playing the game and surviving it begins to blur. If Lily makes it to the end, she’ll receive prizes beyond her wildest dreams—but what will she have to do to win?.
586 0. ‡aGoodreads Choice Award for Science Fiction (2025),
586 0. ‡aShe Reads Best of Award Nominee for Mystery, Thriller, & Suspense (2025)
650 0. ‡aReality television programs ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aContests ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aDeserts ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aMan-woman relationships ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aPoor women ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aSurvival ‡vFiction.
650 0. ‡aConsumption (Economics) ‡vFiction.
655 7. ‡aPsychological fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aDystopian fiction. ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aThrillers (Fiction) ‡2lcgft
655 7. ‡aNovels. ‡2lcgft
830 0. ‡aGood morning America book club.
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