Exit Party

Literary Review · 1 October 2026

Worlds Apart

By Zoe Guttenplan

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The Guardian · 24 September 2026

Exit Party by Emily St John Mandel review – alternate visions of post-crisis America

Is the price of stability necessarily the loss of freedom? Two possible future worlds are linked in the new novel from the author of Station Eleven

By Nina Allan

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The Atlantic · 15 September 2026

What Comes After America

Emily St. John Mandel’s latest work of science fiction considers the tenuousness of any possible future.

By Adam Begley

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Chicago Review of Books · 15 September 2026

I’ll Take the Irish Exit: The Concept of Leaving in Emily St. John Mandel’s “Exit Party”

Indie rock artist Eliza McLamb’s song “Irish Exit” details the slow fade out from intimacy towards the safety of oneself or at least the concept of being known. But what happens when you Irish Exit out from a party and through a revolving door to another version of yourself wearing the skin of…

By Mia Rhee

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The New York Times · 14 September 2026

‘Exit Party,’ by Emily St. John Mandel

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NPR · 9 September 2026

It’s 2031, and the U.S. has ‘come undone’ in Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Exit Party’

Exit Party presents an arresting vision of a world in which time is porous and people are duplicated. Like Mandel’s prior novels, it’s ingenious, eerie and complex — and it hits close to home.

By Maureen Corrigan

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