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An immersive epic taking place over one night at an underground London house party, conjured by a multi-hyphenate sensation.

Welcome to the Wickedest, the longest running house party in the South London shoob scene, always held at an undisclosed inner-city spot. You better hope you have the address: this is for locals only.

Sweaty and cinematic, pulsing with rhythm and heat, every moment herefrom one-on-one intimacies to the swell of the partys collective roaris refracted in Caleb Femis writing. Ingeniously blending conversations, text messages, sonnets, vignettes, monologues, photos, and lyrics,The Wickedestis a modern epic, told as a minute-by-minute chronicle of an unforgettable night out.

Femi, a multi-hyphenate sensation and the author ofPoor, which was called a landmark debut for British poetry byThe Guardian, is a generational storyteller and scene setter. ButTheWickedestdoes more than tell the story of one party; Femi uses the experience of nightlife to document the broader contexts surrounding the shoobsthe marginalization of low-income communities of color, the red tape that bars those on the edges from already shrinking communal space. Still, the party goes on.The Wickedestis a respite and a reckoning, a community of desire, care, and resistance that carries on long past the nights end.

Caleb Femiis a writer, director, and photographer. He is the author ofThe Wickedestand the poetry collectionPoor, which won the 2021 Forward Prize, was short-listed for the Rathbones Folio Prize, and was named a best book of 2020 by many publications, includingThe Guardian,Financial Times,The Observer, and the BBC. Femi has also directed TV episodes for HBO, the BBC, and Netflix, as well as commercials, high-fashion films, and runway shows for brands such as Louis Vuitton, TikTok, Bottega Veneta, and Dior. From 2016 to 2018 he served as Young Peoples Laureate for London, where he lives.

• Publisher: MCD
• Publish Date: January 21, 2025
• Pages: 96
• Language: English
• Type: Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9780374616618
• Dimensions: 7.8 X 129.5 X 0.4 inches | 0.5 pounds
• BISAC Categories: Literary Fiction, Poetry