Discontent

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 womans office persona threatens to crack when she’s forced to attend her company’s annual retreat.

Tremendously entertainingGuardian
HilariousDaily Mail
A wild rideExpress
An impressive new comic talentDaily Telegraph
Wry and incisive... very funnyNew 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 brilliantDanya 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 ageAriel Courage, author of Bad Nature