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By: Tony Tulathimutte
Narrated by: Micky Shiloah, Allyson Ryan, Quincy Surasmith, Dan Bittner, André Santana, Marcha Kia, Eunice Wong, Madeleine Maby
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‘The funniest book I’ve read for a long time’ DAVID NICHOLLS

‘Utterly ruthless’ NEW YORK TIMES

‘Addictive … I loved it!’ RUFI THORPE

‘Twistedly funny’ VINCENZO LATRONICO

‘Razor-sharp … impossible to put down’ JACK EDWARDS

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION

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.

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.

A Book of the Year in Guardian, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New Yorker, TIME, Vanity Fair, GQ, Service95 and more.

A Jack Edwards Inklings Book Club Pick

‘Extremely dark … laugh-out-loud funny’ GUARDIAN

‘Divinely appalling’ SCOTSMAN

‘Perversely funny’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘The funniest, darkest thing’ ST. VINCENT

‘Blistering … takes a magnifying glass to the mind of the internet age’ VOGUE

‘An excruciating examination of modern losers in psychic distress’ THE TIMES

‘Tulathimutte is a pervert and a madman and a stone-cold genius’ CARMEN MARIA MACHADO, author of In the Dream House

‘You will be crawling out of your skin’ JIA TOLENTINO, author of Trick Mirror

‘Mad, madcap genius’ GARTH GREENWELL, author of Small Rain

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I really wanted to like this. The first few chapters were promising, but the characters become more like caricatures and the desire to keep listening wanes exponentially. Not worth the time sorry.

Wouldn’t recommend your time.

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Loved it. Will be thinking about it for a long time and will most likely re listen. It’s so scathing and dark but simultaneously relatable. Kept listening, sometimes despite my better judgement but these characters, man. So compelling and messy. Interesting to tread the line between repelled and compelled. I guess that’s the point.

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