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THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS
By: Warona Jay
A Novel
Atria/Emily Bestler Books
February 2026
On Sale: January 27, 2026
288 pages
ISBN: 1668062372
EAN: 9781668062371
Kindle: B0CW1K8W3K
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Meet Relebogile Naledi Mpho Moruakgomo. Or, for short, Eddie: an aspiring playwright who dreams of making it big in London’s theater world. But after repeated rejections, Eddie suspects her non—white sounding name might be the problem.
Enter Hugo Lawrence Smith: good looking, well—connected, charismatic, and...very white. Stifled by his law degree and looking for a way out of the corporate world, he finds a kindred spirit in Eddie after a chance encounter at a cafe.
Together they devise a plan, one which will see Eddie’s play on stage and Hugo’s name in lights. They send out her script under his name and vow to keep the play’s origins a secret until it reaches critical levels of success. Then they can expose the theater world for its racism and hollow clout—chasing. But as their plan spins wildly out of control, Eddie and Hugo find themselves wondering if their reputations, and their friendship, can survive.
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