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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

MoodMelancholy, Wry
ProtagonistGilda, a queer twenty-something atheist mistakenly hired.
Parental Rating R i
PaceMedium
Language
English
Published
01/01/2021
Pages
256
Publisher
Atria Books
ISBN
9781982167356

What you might want to know about Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

The questions readers send us most often, answered without spoilers.

Burned out and depressed at twenty-seven, Gilda lies her way into a job as the receptionist for a tiny Brooklyn Episcopal church. Quietly, she starts impersonating the previous receptionist, who has died.

Yes. The novel is a dark comedy about anxiety, faith, and queerness. It is widely cited for its deadpan humor about death and meaning, balanced against genuine emotional weight.

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead was written by Emily Austin, published in 2021 by Atria Books.

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is 256 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.

At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead takes most readers 4 to 6 hours to finish.

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is a standalone novel by Emily Austin, not part of a series.

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.