The Compound

GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICKNothing to lose. Everything to gain. Winner takes all.“Every bit as addictive as your favorite guilty pleasure binge-watch, but with all the substance of a literary classic.”—Oprah Daily“It’s fun to watch hot people do psychotic things in this novel. . . . Smart and provocative [and] so damn addictive.”—The New York Times Book ReviewONE THE BOOKS OF THE SUMMER: The New York Times, Vulture, Time, Harper’s Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, Forbes, Betches, Publishers Weekly

'Lord of the Flies meets Love Island – dark, thrilling, and delightfully twisted' LOUISE O'NEILL

'A debut so gripping and propulsive that it beats reality TV at its own game. Why watch TV when Aisling Rawle does it better?' TORREY PETERS

'THIS is the book to read this summer. Exceptional, I was riveted from the first page and couldn’t put it down. Easily one of my favourite novels I’ve read this year… 10 out of 10' CECELIA AHERN

'This menace-dipped novel is an unsparing take on how much we are being commodified in this social media age of consumerism and manipulation' THE TIMES

'Written with total verve and delight… definitely a name to watch' STYLIST

'An Animal Farm for our age of relentless materialism' NEW YORK TIMES

'As addictive as the shows it satirises, and so relentlessly gripping that its cleverness sneaks up on you… You'll be petitioning Rawle for another season' ABIGAIL DEAN

'Sinister in all the best ways’ ELLE

'Twisty, satirical… delivers on its binge-worthy premise with romance and betrayal' MAIL ON SUNDAY

‘Smart and provocative… thrilling and haunting’ NEW YORK TIMES Book Review

'A brilliant debut, with some unexpected twists, a simmering uneasiness and an ending I've thought about since I finished reading it’ DAILY MIRROR

'Innovative, captivating, and impossible to put down' LEILA MOTTLEY

'A fresh, original debut, searing in its interrogation of modern life, utterly engrossing, everyone should read it. I loved it' ANDREA MARA

'Riveting and deeply unsettling… a book for our times: I flew through it and kept thinking about it long after the last page' JANELLE BROWN