Suicide Club

Imagine a world where the healthy choice is the only choice.

'Original and subversive.' Independent

'Life-affirming' Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said

Lea Kirino is a 'Lifer,' who has the potential to live forever - if she does everything right. She has lived her life by religiously following the state directives that ensure she remains fit and healthy. She knows she wants to live forever, and she is going to green juice, yoga-cise and meditate her way to immortality.

Yet, when a brush with death brings her face to face with a mysterious group who believe in everything the state has banned, memories of now-forbidden childhood pleasures resurge alongside ghosts of her past. As Lea's long-held beliefs begin to crack, she is forced to consider: What does it really mean to live?

'Addictive' Sun

'Fascinating' Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach trilogy

'An intriguing idea in which Heng takes a much-needed swipe at health fascism and our obsession with youth, beauty and superfoods' Mail on Sunday

Review

Life-affirming . . . "Be careful what you wish for" has never been so chilling, or so gripping (Erin Kelly, author of HE SAID/SHE SAID)

We raced through this addictive take on the modern obsession with youth and perfection (Fabulous Magazine, Sun)

Original and subversive (Independent)

An intriguing idea in which Heng takes a much-needed swipe at health fascism and our obsession with youth, beauty and superfoods (Mail on Sunday)

A complicated and promising debut that spoofs the current health culture craze even as it anticipates its appalling culmination. (Kirkus)

Rachel Heng's highly readable debut novel is thought-provoking, moving, worryingly convincing - and ultimately hopeful (Irish Times)

A provocative new author. A fascinating debut novel. Read it! (Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach trilogy)

Clever, bold and makes you think about the value of life (Good Housekeeping)

Suicide Club bends genre with grace and artistry, delivering us to the outermost reaches of what's familiar and affirming what dares to still exist there: family, friendship, and forgiveness. With superb writing, Rachel Heng has crafted a world inside of a world gone mad, one where love faces its most difficult test. This is an exciting, bold, inventive novel. (Kristen Iskandrian, author of MOTHEREST)

The future is here. Let's welcome one of its stars. Talented and ferociously intelligent, Heng has produced a glittering debut (Joanna Briscoe, author of YOU)

About the Author

Rachel Heng is a Singaporean writer who graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Comparative Literature & Society. After working in the finance sector in London, Rachel moved to Austin, to pursue an MFA in Fiction and Screenwriting at the Michener Center for Writers. Rachel's short stories have been published in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner and the minnesota review. Suicide Club is her first novel.