"Exit Party" is Mandel's seventh novel and arrives at a time when her readers have been side-eyeing her books as possible prophecies since the pandemic plot of her breakout 2014 "Station Eleven" became a global reality six years after its release. "When I wrote 'Station Eleven,' I was conscious of not wanting to write a political book. (Knopf/TNS)
Emily St. John Mandel touched down in Los Angeles just hours before she arrived at Botanica in Silver Lake, shirt crisp, eyes bright, not a hint of jet lag in sight. The night before, she'd been in Brooklyn, celebrating the release of her highly-anticipated "Exit Party," which is ricocheting up bestseller lists. At Botanica, Mandel tells me it's the best book she's ever written, certainly the most complex and ambitious.
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Oct. 3, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers …
"Exit Party" is Mandel's seventh novel and arrives at a time when her readers have been side-eyeing her books as possible prophecies since the pandemic plot of her breakout 2014 "Station Eleven" became a global reality six years after its release. "When I wrote 'Station Eleven,' I was conscious of not wanting to write a political book. (Knopf/TNS)
