The New Me

''Terrific. So funny'' Zadie Smith

''Monstrously depressing but so comic and well observed that I didn''t really mind .... It is great'' Dolly Alderton

''A dark comedy of female rage'' Catherine Lacey

''Brilliant. For fans of Ottessa Moshfegh''s My Year of Rest and Relaxation''Pandora Sykes

''Funny, shocking, clever, and hugely entertaining'' Roddy Doyle

''A definitive work of milennial literature'' Jia Tolentino

''The best thing I''ve read in years'' Emma Jane Unsworth

''Vicious ... hilariously spot on'' Guardian



In a windowless office, a woman explains something from her real, nonwork life - about the frustration and indignity of returning her online shopping - to her colleagues. One wears a topknot. Another checks her pedometer.

Watching them all is Millie. Thirty-years-old and an eternal temp, she says almost noth