Discontent by Beatriz Serrano

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

Paperback  / 192 pages
Translated by Mara Faye Lethem from Spanish