{"product_id":"9780008759384","title":"Rejection","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Tony Tulathimutte\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 April 2026 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 240 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129 x 18 | 190g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘The funniest book I’ve read for a long time’ DAVID NICHOLLS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Utterly ruthless’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Addictive … I loved it!’ RUFI THORPE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Twistedly funny’ VINCENZO LATRONICO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Razor-sharp … impossible to put down’ JACK EDWARDS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Written with the accomplished authority of a modern classic and the manic intensity of a loser's manifesto, Rejection radically redefines what it means to be rejected by lovers, friends, society and oneself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e We see a tryhard male feminist's passionate allyship turn to a furious nihilism as he realises that his feminism isn’t getting him laid and a young woman’s unrequited crush spirals into borderline obsession. As these characters pop up in each other’s dating apps and social media feeds, or meet in dimly lit bars and bedrooms, they reveal the ways that our delusions can warp our desire for connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A Book of the Year in Guardian, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker, TIME, Vanity Fair, GQ, Service95 and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A Jack Edwards Inklings Book Club Pick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Extremely dark … laugh-out-loud funny’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Divinely appalling’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e SCOTSMAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Perversely funny’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘The funniest, darkest thing’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ST. VINCENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Blistering … takes a magnifying glass to the mind of the internet age’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e VOGUE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘An excruciating examination of modern losers in psychic distress’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  ‘Tulathimutte is a pervert and a madman and a stone-cold genius’ CARMEN MARIA MACHADO, author of In the Dream House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘You will be crawling out of your skin’ JIA TOLENTINO, author of Trick Mirror\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘Mad, madcap genius’ GARTH GREENWELL, author of Small Rain\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"East Gate Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56669601694082,"sku":"9780008759384","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/4442\/2862\/files\/9780008759384.jpg?v=1779700425","url":"https:\/\/shop.eastgatebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780008759384","provider":"The East Gate Bookshop Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}