by Scarlett Thomas · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9780857863928
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«Bright Young Things» is Scarlett Thomas's novel in paperback, published by Canongate Books in 2012 (368 pages, in English).
Six twenty-somethings fresh out of university and stuck in dead-end jobs respond to a mysterious advertisement seeking «Bright Young Things» for a big project. What they find is a deserted island with food and a room for each of them, but no phone, no television, and no way to escape.
The novel was originally published in 2001; this Canongate Books edition is from 2012.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction and for those who enjoy authors like Coupland and Murakami.
Scarlett Thomas is an English author who writes contemporary postmodern fiction. She has published ten novels, including The End of Mr. Y and PopCo, as well as the Worldquake series of children's books, and Monkeys With Typewriters, a book on how to unlock the power of storytelling. She is Professor of Creative Writing & Contemporary Fiction at the University of Kent.
