DISCONTENT PB – BEATRIZ SERRANO-MARA FAYE LETHEM

Life can’t go on like this – can it? This book is for everyone who has ever wanted more: more time, more meaning, more connection. A sexy and hilarious Spanish bestseller, where a young woman s office persona threatens to crack when she’s forced to attend her company’s annual retreat. Tremendously entertaining Guardian Hilarious Daily Mail A wild ride Express An impressive new comic talent Daily Telegraph Wry and incisive… very funny New York Times On the surface, Marisa’s life looks enviable. She lives in a nice apartment in the heart of Madrid, her friendly neighbour and lover Pablo lives downstairs, and she’s risen quickly through the ranks at a successful advertising agency. And yet Marisa hates her job and everything about it. Over one hot summer she finds herself in danger of being exposed when she’s forced to deliver a talk on creativity at a horrendous team-building retreat. Surrounded by psychopathic bosses, flirty facilitators, and an excess of drugs, Marisa is pushed to the brink of a complete spiral. Discontent is a bold, biting novel about acting on our wilder impulses to reclaim our lives from work. Serrano writes with a caustic flair for detail, with charm and utter hilarity. Absolutely brilliant Danya Kukafka, author of Notes on an Execution ‘I adored our heroine… A razor-sharp debut’ Anna Dorn, author of Perfume and Pain A love song to the listless and lonely of the LinkedIn age Ariel Courage, author of Bad Nature