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Informationen zum Autor Scarlett Thomas was born in London in 1972. Her novels include Bright Young Things ! PopCo! Our Tragic Universe and The Seed Collectors . She is Professor of Creative Writing & Contemporary Fiction at the University of Kent. The new adult novel from the bestselling author of The End of Mr. Y , about power, privilege and peer pressure Zusammenfassung A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN EVENING STANDARD and METRO When Tash! daughter of a Russian oligarch! is sent to an English boarding school! she is new to the strange rituals of the girls there. Theirs is a world of strict pecking orders! eating disorders and Instagram angst. While she spends her time with the other girls at the lake and the stables! a hand-picked few are invited to join the Headmaster at his house for extra lessons. Then her friend Bianca mysteriously vanishes! and quickly the routines of her dorm-mates seem darker and more alien than ever before. Oligarchy is the fierce new novel about power! privilege and peer pressure from the bestselling author of The End of Mr. Y .