Read an extract from Emily St. John Mandel’s *Exit Party*
New Scientist has published an extract from Emily St. John Mandel’s forthcoming novel *Exit Party*, selected as the October read for the New Scientist Book Club. The opening presents Los Angeles in 2031 as a city curfew lifts, introducing the novel’s setting through that moment of transition.
New Scientist has published an extract from Emily St. John Mandel’s new novel, Exit Party. The extract is presented as the October selection for the New Scientist Book Club.
The opening is set in Los Angeles in 2031. It begins as a curfew lifts from the city, providing the initial setting for the novel’s introduction.
The supplied source identifies the publication as an extract and describes its opening premise, but does not provide further details about the characters, the cause of the curfew, or events that follow.
THE QUESTIONS THIS EVENT LEAVES BEHIND
What circumstances led to the curfew in Los Angeles in 2031?
Who had the authority to impose the curfew, and who was most affected by it?
What changes when the curfew lifts, and for whom?
Why was this opening chosen for the book club extract?
How might the city’s restrictions shape the novel’s characters and conflicts?
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