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Alexandra Oliva

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Description for The Last One Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 234 x 2. Weight in Grams: 248.
'A clever, well-executed, high-concept, high-octane affair. What makes The Last One such a page-turner is Zoo herself: practical, tough-minded and appealing' Guardian She wanted an adventure. She never imagined it would go this far. TWELVE CONTESTANTS When Zoo agrees to take part in a new reality TV show, In The Dark, she knows that she will be tested to the limits of her endurance. Beating eleven competitors in a series of survival tasks deep in the forest will be the ultimate challenge before she returns home to start a family. ... Read more

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Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Format

Paperback

Publication date

2016

Condition

New

Number of Pages

352

Place of Publication

London, United Kingdom

ISBN

9781405923187

SKU

V9781405923187

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About Alexandra Oliva

A graduate of Yale University, Alexandra Oliva grew up in a small town deep in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from The New School University and undertook intensive wilderness survival training while researching The Last One. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and their brindled mutt, Codex. ... Read more

Reviews for The Last One

Tense, riveting, and timely - The Last One is a conceptually brilliant novel, one you'll race to finish
Karen Perry, bestselling author of
Girl Unknown
Gripping portrayal of an ordinary person's evolving survival instincts as she realizes she can't trust the reality she sees
Booklist
Clever in the best sense: Oliva is able to skewer ... Read morereality show culture and dystopian tropes while never letting concept or critique become more important than a good yarn. The novel is thoroughly steeped in its times-the use of a Reddit-like forum plays a key plot role-but unlike other dystopian novels, it doesn't so much use contemporary times to warn us about potential future collapse as it shows what impact our times have on the ways we think about identity and human relationships. An astute and compelling entry into the post-apocalypse genre
Kirkus
Tense and gorgeous and so damn clever. I loved every second.
Lauren Beukes, author of international bestseller
The Shining Girls
Page-turning and deeply unsettling.
Rosamund Lupton, author of international bestseller
Sister
Alexandra Oliva's apocalyptic thriller The Last One poses another deeply relevant question: How is reality created and perpetuated by the media? Oliva brilliantly scrutinizes the recorded (and heavily revised) narratives we believe, and the last 100 pages will have the reader constantly guessing just what Zoo is capable of doing to find her way back home.
Washington Post
Taut, tense and at times almost unbearably real, The Last One is both a compelling read, and a terrifyingly believable evocation of survival against the odds
Ruth Ware, author of international bestseller
In a Dark, Dark Wood
The Last One seamlessly melds two of our contemporary obsessions
the threat of global catastrophe; the staged drama of reality TV
into a fiercely imagined tale of the human psyche under stress. An uncompromising, thought-provoking debut
Justin Cronin, author of international bestseller
The Passage
Clever in its concept and gripping in its delivery. This propulsive book is for everyone who ever thought reality television signalled the end of the world. Haunting, moving, and remarkable
Karen Joy Fowler, Booker-shortlisted author of
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
A high-concept, high-octane affair ... The conceit is undoubtedly clever and well executed, but what makes The Last One such a page-turner is Zoo herself: practical, tough-minded and appealing
Guardian
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