{"product_id":"the-compound","title":"The Compound","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emeets\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLove Island\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– dark, thrilling, and delightfully twisted’ LOUISE O'NEILL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'So gripping and propulsive that it beats reality tv at its own game. Why watch TV when Aisling Rawle does it better?' TORREY PETERS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'THIS is the book to read this summer. Easily one of my favourite novels I’ve read this year… 10 out of 10'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eCECELIA AHERN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou wake up in a compound in the middle of the desert, along with nine other women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll of you are young, all beautiful, all keen to escape the grinding poverty, political unrest and environmental catastrophe of the outside world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou realise that cameras are tracking your every move, broadcasting to millions of reality TV fans.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSoon, ten men will arrive on foot – if they all survive the journey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat will you have to do to win?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd what happens to the losers?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Compound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis an addictive literary satire on modern excess: it holds a twisted mirror up to our obsession with winning, losing and, above all, watching.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goldsboro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55448541757813,"sku":"9780008710088","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/4900\/5606\/files\/BOOKSforWEBSITEDONOTDELETE-2025-06-03T130304.731.png?v=1748952199","url":"https:\/\/goldsborobooks.pro\/products\/the-compound","provider":"Goldsboro Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}