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Fiction, General Fiction

Oligarchy

Scarlett Thomas (author)

Paperback Published on: 01/04/2021

£8.99

6 reviews

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Synopsis

'Hugely enjoyable' Observer
'Wickedly funny' The Times

When Tash, daughter of a Russian oligarch, is sent to an English boarding school, she is new to the strange rituals of the girls there. Theirs is a world of strict pecking orders, eating disorders and Instagram angst.

While she spends her time at the lake and the stables, a few hand-picked girls are invited to join the Headmaster at his house for extra lessons. Then her friend Bianca mysteriously vanishes, and the routines of her dormmates seem darker and more alien than ever before.

Publisher information

Publisher: Canongate Books
ISBN: 9781786897800
Number of pages: 224
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 14 mm
Weight: 154g
Languages: English

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Scarlett Thomas – Oligarchy

When Natasha arrives from Russia at her new boarding school in rural England, she struggles to adapt. Not only the foreign language, but the special langua... READ MORE

miss.mesmerized

Delightfully twisty school story

'Sometimes she also prays for peace, and joy, and to be thin. Sometimes she even prays for the villagers, that they might become thin too.' The thing - on... READ MORE

Blue Book Balloon

A confusing mess

‘The joy in eating went a long time ago, of course, but now there is not even joy in starving’. Natasha is the daughter of a Russian Oligarch, sent to a b... READ MORE

KindigBlog

Twisted school story

I'm grateful to Canongate for a free advance e-copy of Oligarchy via Netgalley, to consider for review. (Quotes below come from that copy, and may not refl... READ MORE

Blue Book Balloon

Funny, shocking, genius.

When Tash, daughter of a Russian oligarch, is sent to an English boarding school, she is quickly introduced to a world of eating disorders and teenage angs... READ MORE

Ella - The Story Collector

This reviewer received a free of charge product for review.

Unimpressed at the 2nd book Ive read by this author

A somewhat childish, innocent book for schoolgirls

Susan Garrety

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