![]() Following a recent health scare the woman begins to reflect on her professional and financial achievements, and whether the prejudices she has faced are justified by her success. Her success through a lucrative career appears to embody the success story of modern Britain – that if you work hard, you can achieve anything. She has recently been promoted in her finance job, and her white boyfriend’s affluent family have invited her to join them for a party. ![]() Told in a stream of consciousness, the novel follows an unnamed young black British woman over the course of a few days. Set in the late 2010’s, Assembly is a short but sharp investigation into privilege and assimilation. This is her first novel and is an astonishing debut. ![]() Brown previously worked in financial services for ten years after graduating from Cambridge University. The novel looks at the intersections between class and race, particularly for someone who is deemed ‘successful’, and while this is not always a comfortable read, it is incredibly confronting and eye-opening. ![]() The striking inverted image of a country manor is uncanny and unnerving, and while the novel itself is less gothic or bizarre than the picture on the front, there is a constant level of unease. I was immediately drawn to Natasha Brown’s Assembly by the cover. ![]()
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