Alison Langley’s gorgeous and cautionary near-future tale deals beautifully with issues of consent, that which we willingly give, and that which we unknowingly sacrifice.

Alison Langley is a former journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, among others. Her novel, Budapest Noir: Ilona Gets a Phone (Dedalus Books, 2024) won the Irish Writer’s Centre Novel Prize. Langley’s short stories have appeared in various literary journals, and The Date was shortlisted for the 2024 Bournemouth Writing Prize.

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