'Absolutely stunning.' Hernan Diaz
'Brilliant.' Mariana Enriquez
'A masterpiece.' Kaveh Akbar
The Icelandic Psychological Association has prepared a test. They call it a sensitivity assessment: a way of measuring a person's empathy and identifying the potential for anti-social behaviour.
In a few days' time, Iceland will vote on whether to make the test compulsory for every citizen. The nation is bitterly divided. Some believe the test makes society safer; others decry it as a violation.
As the referendum draws closer, four people - Vetur, Eyja, Tristan and Ólafur - find themselves caught in the teeth of the debate. Each of them will have to reckon with uncomfortable questions: Where do the rights of society end and the rights of the individual begin? When does utopia become dystopia?
No matter which side wins, they will all have to find a way to live with the result.
- ISBN10 0571376746
- ISBN13 9780571376742
- Publish Date 6 June 2024 (first published 4 June 2024)
- Publish Status Forthcoming
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition Main
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English