They (Faber Editions) : The Lost Dystopian 'Masterpiece' (Emily St. John Mandel)

Maxine Peake delivers a 'visionary' performance of this long-lost dystopian classic, rediscovered after four decades. In a nightmarish Britain, THEY are encroaching ever closer.

Margaret Atwood hails it as 'A creepily prescient tale ... Insidiously horrifying!', whilst Emily St. John Mandel deems it 'A masterpiece of creeping dread.' This is a Britain transformed beyond recognition. THEY commence with a deceased canine, mysterious footfalls, and confiscated literature. Soon, the National Gallery faces a purge; eerie towers keep watch over the coastline; and mobs rampage through the countryside, destroying artworks and those who dare resist.

THEY round up dissenters - wordsmiths, artists, musicians, even the unmarried and childless - in military sweeps, 'curing' these nonconformists of their individuality. Survivors band together as cultural refugees, preserving their crafts, creating, loving, and remembering. But THEY make forgetting all too easy...

Kay Dick's They (1977), lost for half a century and newly introduced by Carmen Maria Machado, emerges as a rediscovered dystopian tour de force. It's a rallying cry against censorship, a fervent celebration of nonconformity - and a stark warning.

Acclaimed authors sing its praises: Ian Rankin finds it 'Every bit as creepy, tense and strange as when I first read it 40 years ago.' Rumaan Alam urges, 'Delicious and sexy and downright chilling ... Read it!' Edna O'Brien lauds its 'Crystalline ... The signature of an enchantress.' Lauren Groff confesses, 'I'm pretty wild about this paranoid, terrifying 1977 masterpiece.' Kiran Millwood Hargrave describes it as 'Deft, dread filled, hypnotic and hopeful. Completely got under my skin.' Eimear McBride warns, 'Lush, hypnotic, compulsive ... A reminder of where groupthink leads.' Claire-Louise Bennett hails it 'A masterwork of English pastoral horror: eerie and bewitching.' Andrew Hunter Murray sums it up as 'A short shocker: creepy, disturbing, distressing and highly enjoyable.' Salena Godden concludes, 'Prophetic, chilling and a reminder from the past that we have everything to fight for in the future.'

Product Information:

Book ISBN:	9780571370863
Book Author:	Kay Dick
Book Format:	Paperback / softback
Book Imprint:	Faber & Faber
Book Publisher:	Faber & Faber
Book Dimensions:	131 x 198 x 11 cm
Book Publication Date:	2022-03-02
Book Pagination:	128 pages
Book Weight:	124g