When Dorrit Wegner turned fifty, the government transferred her to a state-of-the-art facility where she can live out her days in comfort. Her apartment is furnished to her tastes, her meals expertly served, and all at the very reasonable non-negotiable price of one cardiopulmonary system. Once an outsider without family, derided by a society bent on productivity, Dorrit finds within The Unit the company of kindred spirits and a dignity conferred by ‘use’ in medical tests. But when Dorrit also finds love, her peaceful submission is blown apart and she must fight to escape before her ‘final donation’.

Ninni Holmqvist has published three collections of short stories including Suit [Kostym]. The Unit marks Holmqvist’s debut as a novelist. She lives in Skåne, Sweden, and also works as a translator.

"A chilling, stunning debut novel... For Orwell and Huxley fans." Booklist

"Holmqvist's spare prose interweaves The Unit's pleasures and cruelties with exquisit matter-of-factness." The Washington Post

"Savagely distopian... remarkably deft." Barnes & Noble Review

"A remarkably thought-provoking novel." Reading Matters

"What a striking, remarkable book - one of the best I've read in a long time." Frank Huyler, author of Right of Thirst and The Laws of Invisible Things