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Out on 20 August 2026

The Lola Quartet

Paperback

Synopsis

‘Percolates with suspense’ - The New York Times

Full of shocking twists and secrets, The Lola Quartet asks the universal question: how far would you go for someone you love? From Emily St. John Mandel, the author of Station Eleven.


When Gavin discovers the existence of a young girl from his hometown who looks uncannily like him - and shares the surname of his high-school girlfriend, Anna - he is propelled back into the past. Could this girl be his daughter? But there are other secrets from the past that remain unanswered. Gavin was part of a jazz group known as ‘The Lola Quartet’, and Anna disappeared on the night of their last concert together.

As Gavin goes deeper to seek answers from those he left behind, he will uncover truths far darker than he ever imagined.

Elegant and hypnotic . . . Mandel brilliantly modulates the heightening suspense in a novel that remains, above all, an elegy for lost innocence’ - The Washington Post

Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

**Exit Party, the seventh novel from global bestselling author Emily St. John Mandel, is available to pre-order now**

Details

20 August 2026
288 pages
9781035097937
Imprint: Picador

Reviews

Percolates with suspenseNew York Times, New York Times
Elegant and hypnotic . . . Mandel brilliantly modulates the heightening suspense in a novel that remains, above all, an elegy for lost innocenceWashington Post, Washington Post
The book virtually trumpets the author's talents: her charismatic verbal grace and acuity, the rich atmosphere she createsBoston Globe, Boston Globe
Mandel is an exuberant storytellerNew York Times, New York Times