- Published: 7 January 2020
- ISBN: 9781784757687
- Imprint: Arrow
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $19.99
Golden State
- Published: 7 January 2020
- ISBN: 9781784757687
- Imprint: Arrow
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 336
- RRP: $19.99
Golden State is a prescient, devastating commentary on humanity’s disintegrating attachment to reality and truth, expertly told through the prism of a police-procedural, dystopian nightmare. Winters has written a 1984 for the 21st century. Not just a thrilling book, but an important one.
Blake Crouch, author of DARK MATTER and TV series WAYWARD PINES
Not many writers would take on Orwell, Ray Bradbury, the nature of truth, and the current administration all at a blow. Big shoes to fill--and they fit Ben H. Winters just fine. Golden State grabs notions of disinformation and literalism and brilliantly turns them on their head to see what falls from their pockets.
James Sallis, author of Drive
A perfectly poised ontological-thriller-comedy-dystopian-allegorical-page-turner, yet with tenderly real characters in its chewy center, this turned out to be just the thing I was looking for.
Jonathan Lethem
a fast-reading novel, perfect both for those who are interested in some speculation about new technologies and societies and for an experienced thriller book reader.
Calles de Tinta Blog
a hugely relevant speculative tale, but also a massively entertaining piece of fiction that had me banging through it in record time… Quirky, clever and very timely, I will state that "Objectively So" Golden State is a truly excellent piece of storytelling.
Liz Loves Books Blog
That this framework also keeps the pages turning, with chapters frequently ending on intriguing new leads and shocking reveals, doesn’t hurt; the novel is every bit as pacey and compelling as you’d expect from a thriller
SFX
Golden State is fascinating, cutting and ultimately inspiring. This is smart science fiction.
SciFi Now
An entertaining, unpredictable read… very much a dystopia for our times.
Financial Times
A very topical story
Curiosity Killed the Bookworm blog
Handmaids Tale-esque
Cosmopolitan
Accomplished, beautiful writing… I tore through it in a day
Beverley Has Read Blog
Smart, intricate and propulsive, Golden State is proof that Winters deserves our continued attention as one of crime fiction’s most inventive practitioners
San Francisco Chronicle