Draft:Mariel Franklin
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Comment: Nearly all of the sources do not demonstrate the subject's notability outside of the novel Bonding. Notability is not inherited and living people have quite strict requirements, and most of the information here would likely be better placed inside Bonding (novel) sksatsuma 13:24, 29 July 2025 (UTC)
Mariel Franklin | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | London |
| Occupation(s) | Writer and Novelist |
| Notable work | Bonding (novel) |
Mariel Franklin is a British Author and Novelist based in London. She is known for her debut novel Bonding, which was published in the United Kingdom in 2024 and in the United States in 2025.[1][2]
Literary Career
[edit]Franklin’s debut novel, Bonding, was published by Picador in the UK on June 27, 2024, and by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the US on July 22, 2025. Set in a near-future London, the novel follows an office worker who becomes a test subject in a biotech company's experimental treatment program designed to stimulate emotional bonding. The narrative explores the effects of emerging biotech on emotional relationships, touching on corporate language, wellness trends, and digital selfhood. Through a satirical lens, Bonding explores themes such as loneliness, self-optimization, data capitalism, and the aesthetics of artificial care.[3][4]
The novel has received reviews in publications such as The Guardian, Financial Times, and The Times. Zadie Smith described the novel as “strange, clever, funny and full of feeling. The Guardian called it "a cutting debut that captures the pathologies of corporate language and curated selfhood," while the Financial Times highlighted its “brilliant skewering of late-stage capitalism’s emotional infrastructure.”[5][6][7][8] Johanna Thomas-Corr from The Times described it as “a 19th-century novel of manners for the age of dating apps and psychedelic therapy.”[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mariel Franklin". www.panmacmillan.com. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "Bonding by Mariel Franklin". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
- ^ "The best new debut novels — from a super-luxe, high-altitude mystery to vivid lives in London". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "7 New Books We Love This Week". The New York Times. 2025-07-17. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
- ^ "Book Review: 'Bonding,' by Mariel Franklin". The New York Times. 14 July 2025. Retrieved 22 July 2025.
- ^ Franklin, Mariel (2025-01-14). Bonding. Pan Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-0350-1657-0.
- ^ Hildyard, Daisy (2024-08-08). "Bonding by Mariel Franklin review – smart satire of tech elites". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ Doyle, Rob (2024-07-02). "Bonding by Mariel Franklin review – a comprehensive vision of a devastated society". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-07-22.
- ^ Thomas-Corr, Johanna (2024-06-21). "Bonding by Mariel Franklin review ― dating apps and designer drugs". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 2025-07-22.