The author of bestselling phenomenonSuch a Fun Agereturns with a fresh and provocative campus novel about money, indiscretion and bad behaviour* THE UNMISSABLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF BESTSELLING PHENOMENONSUCH A FUN AGE*‘I couldn’t put it down, and I didn't want to either’EMILY HENRY‘Razor-sharp … Packs a huge emotional punch’DAILY MAIL‘Apage-turning pleasure – stylish, sharp and breathtakingly smart’DAISY BUCHANANEverything comes at a price. But not everything can be paid for…Millie wants to graduate, get a job and buy a house. She’s slowly saving up from her job on campus, but when a visiting professor offers her an unusual opportunity to make some extra money, she jumps at the chance. Agatha is a writer, recovering from a break-up while researching attitudes towards weddings and money for her new book. She strikes gold when interviewing the girls in Millie’s dorm, but her plans take a turn when she realises that the best material is unfolding behind closed doors. As the two women form an unlikely relationship, they soon become embroiled in a world of roommate theatrics, vengeful pranks and illicit intrigue – and are forced to question just how much of themselves they are willing to trade to get what they want. Sharp, intimate and provocative,Come and Get Ittakes a lens to our money-obsessed society in a tension-filled story about desire, consumption and bad behaviour.‘Smart, funny and perceptive’i‘A perfect read’STYLIST‘Wonderfully immersive, propulsive and beautifully paced’PAUL HARDING‘Quiet and intense … A joy to read’JESSICA GEORGE‘Witty and nuanced’RED‘[An] incisive novel everyone will be talking about’TOWN AND COUNTRY"At oncehighly readableand an important comment on the lose-lose decisions millennials face in a bleak economy, this isa book you'll devour in days" - Harper's Bazaar"Reid brings her sharp gaze to the classic campus novel, and university life provides her with similarly rich material when it comes to deconstructing privilege ...She also cleverly turns some of the genre’s dustier tropes on their heads... Part of what has always made campus stories so captivating is that they show us character as a work in progress – because our university days have always been about working out our sense of self. But contemporary tales like Reid’s are a necessary reminder: this leisurely exploration is a luxury not everyone can afford" - Independent"Reid has an excellent ear for speech: you get the impression that she, like Agatha, has put in the hours listening to 20-year-olds chatter, bitch and plot.She’s also a sharp observer of the way in which money confers power or withholds it, and how this can intersect with race ... The decision to foreground money is unusual, yetReid pulls it off" - Telegraph"Anotherrazor-sharp, character-driven, coming-of-age story, whichpacks a huge emotional punch" - Daily Mail"Smart, funny and perceptive" - i news, Best Books to Read in January"Multi-layered and complex relationships between seriously flawed characters once again take centre stageas its narrative smartly delves into racism, social and economic status, and university campus politics in the 21st century.A perfect read for anyone who loved Netflix’s brilliantThe Chairand Jean Hanff Korelitz’sAdmission" - Stylist"The book has a Netflix box-set breezy pace and knowing tone as it satirises staff and student attitudes towards money, hierarchy and status …An absorbingly twisty page-turner" - i paper"The pleasure ofCome and Get Itlies in its plunge into the unfamiliar. This is a society in which poorer students work for richer ones — the Tyler types can call up Millie at all hours to settle dorm disputes or shift furniture — or save money by camping overnight outside a new branch of Chick-fil-A to win a year’s worth of free fried chicken.The tone is breezy and comic, but what’s really happening is shocking" - The Times"Reid...masterfully captures the quiet misalignments that stem from a varying sense of what’s at stake…[A] novel of manners thatacutely captures the modern moment" - Vogue, The Best Books of 2024 So Far"Awitty and nuancedexploration of race and female-occupied spaces – I loved the thread of menace running through it" - Red"Kiley Reid's next must-read... It's packed with those awkward moments Reid is so talented at creating, making your toes curl as you read" - Grazia, Hot to Drop"A brilliant author who creates ultra-memorable characters" - Glamour, Best New Books of January 2024"If you loved the smash hitSuch a Fun Age,don't sleep on Reid's newest... This is a story of indiscretions and gray areas, power dynamics and privilege that'swound as tight as a violin string. Just don't forget to breathe while you're reading(go ahead and thank us later)" - Good Housekeeping"Kiley Reid returns with anotherincisive novel everyone will be talking about… Ariveting and fascinating tale" - Town & Country, Best Books of Winter"Kiley Reid's characters are always layered with ethical dilemmas … Subterfuge, sex and self-seeking make thingscompellingly messy" - Sainsbury’s Magazine"A sardonic and no-holds-barred comedy of manners... Reid is a keen observer­ –every page sparkleswith sharp analysis of her characters. This blistering send-up of academia is interlaced with piercing moral clarity" - Publishers Weekly, starred review"Anilluminating study of power, responsibility, and the bad choices we sometimes make, written in the fresh, bright language for which she’s known" - Library Journal"A deft exploration of how microaggressions can lead to macro consequences, Reid’s second outing will appeal to readers who enjoy slow-burn, character-driven novels" - Booklist"[A] sharp, edgy social novel… Reid is a genius of mimicry and social observation" - Kirkus"Beautifully toldthrough the eyes of multiple characters, this intimate and revealing story from the critically acclaimedNew York Timesbestselling author ofSuch a Fun Ageisnot to be missed" - BookBub, The 22 Best Books of Winter"An exciting new portrait of desire, consumption and recklessness, we have no doubt Reid’s new novel will be just as popular as the first" - Luxury London, Best New Books"Come and Get Itis a festival of micro-aggressions; it’s uneasy, and Reid doesn’t give any character a free ride. She skewers mean girls, mummy’s girls and freeloaders with both clarity and subtlety ...The dialogue and little details [are] so excruciatingly accurate" - AnOther magazine, Best Fiction for 2024"Come and Get Itis apage-turningread filled with vengeful pranks and intrigue, butat its heart, it is a fascinating portrait of our obsession with material wealth" - Chicago Review of Books, Must-Read Books of January 2024"It’sa perfect recipe... in a college setting, about discretion and desire, about money, want, and, most importantly, it’s by Kiley Reid" - LitHub, Most Anticipated Books of 2024"Reid’s fiction, which highlights the ordinary social interactions in which larger forces – of class and racial inequality, financial and cultural capital – make themselves known. There are few outright villains in her stories;her characters often blunder along with good intentions, to comic and disastrous effect" - Guardian