The Repeat Room
A Novel
by Jesse Ball
Narrated by Erik Bloomquist
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Pub Date Sep 24 2024 | Archive Date Oct 01 2024
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Description
Franz Kafka meets Yorgos Lanthimos in this provocative new novel from one of America's most brilliant and distinctive writers
In a speculative future, Abel, a menial worker, is called to serve in a secretive and fabled jury system. At the heart of this system is the repeat room, where a single juror, selected from hundreds of candidates, is able to inhabit the defendant's lived experience, to see as if through their eyes.
The case to which Abel is assigned is revealed in the novel's shocking second act. We receive a record of a boy's broken and constrained life, a tale that reveals an illicit and passionate psycho-sexual relationship, its end as tragic as the circumstances of its conception.
Artful in its suspense, and sharp in its evocation of a byzantine and cruel bureaucracy, The Repeat Room is an exciting and pointed critique of the nature of knowledge and judgment, and a vivid framing of Ball's absurd and nihilistic philosophy of love.
In a speculative future, Abel, a menial worker, is called to serve in a secretive and fabled jury system. At the heart of this system is the repeat room, where a single juror, selected from hundreds of candidates, is able to inhabit the defendant's lived experience, to see as if through their eyes.
The case to which Abel is assigned is revealed in the novel's shocking second act. We receive a record of a boy's broken and constrained life, a tale that reveals an illicit and passionate psycho-sexual relationship, its end as tragic as the circumstances of its conception.
Artful in its suspense, and sharp in its evocation of a byzantine and cruel bureaucracy, The Repeat Room is an exciting and pointed critique of the nature of knowledge and judgment, and a vivid framing of Ball's absurd and nihilistic philosophy of love.
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Literary Hub, A Most Anticipated Book of the Year
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Advance Praise
"Thought-provoking and critical of the judicial system and the nature of judgment, Ball is a deft stylist and exquisite thinker." —Sam Franzini, Our Culture Mag
"This novel forces tough moral questions on readers, and will make you wonder what it means to be a good person—and, ultimately, if it even matters." —Daniella Fishman, The Millions
Available Editions
| EDITION | Audiobook, Unabridged |
| ISBN | 9781696616997 |
| PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
| DURATION | 4 Hours, 31 Minutes |
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